Stepps a dikgomo di teng (Steeps, are there cattle in this place)

Title: Stepps a dikgomo di teng (Steeps, are there cattle in this place)
Performer / Recordist: Mokgele Mokgejane and group of 24 Hurutshe men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana; Tswana (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Stepps, are there cattle in this place? Come, let us take them. We must take them from Mokwena and drive them into a cave." The woman at the end of the song spoke the praises of the successful cattle-raiders. It appears to be a local custom to recite praise verses at the conclusion of each song. How the name 'Steeps' originated is not known. Cattle raiding song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tswana; Hurutshe
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- South Africa Motswedi
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1959
Date issued / published: 1959
Identifier: TR0113; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:04:36
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165583