Sikere ka lenaka (He is carrying it with a horn)

Title: Sikere ka lenaka (He is carrying it with a horn)
Performer / Recordist: Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and 30 women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana; Tswana (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Mankeke is carrying a bucket with a horn, we have seen him. He is carrying the bucket with a horn." Initiation ceremonies bring out a number of somewhat strange songs whose meaning appears to be symbolic and only understood by the locals, if at all. Initiation song with drum.
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; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:33
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/10962/165942