Magawalela (People of Mapula)

Title: Magawalela (People of Mapula)
Performer / Recordist: Odirile Masumoloa and 14 men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana; Tswana (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "People of Mapula, I, the young man, cry in the sand. I heard a person cursing his elders, cursing one who had carried him on his back..i-i-i...!" This song is also regimental or age group song. Four boys initiation song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tswana; Hurutshe
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- South Africa Zeerust
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1959
Date issued / published: 1959
Identifier: TR0115; 9
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:38
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/10962/165850