Tumediso ya Morena (Greetings to the Chief)

Title: Tumediso ya Morena (Greetings to the Chief)
Performer / Recordist: Jemina Pheha and 24 women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana; Tswana (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Great, greetings, owner of the home. Bird greetings. Greetings! Owner of the home, where do I put the shield?" "Bird greetings" implies that the people are the Chief's small birds. The singers are using a local Pedi dialect of Kgatla. Praise song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tswana; Kgatla
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- South Africa Saulspoort
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1959
Date issued / published: 1959
Identifier: TR0116; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:12
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/10962/165924