International Library of African Music

Owe, owe, Matebeleng (Oh, oh, home to the Ndebele)

Item

Title

Owe, owe, Matebeleng (Oh, oh, home to the Ndebele)

Performer / Recordist

Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and group of 30 women

Tracey, Hugh

Subject

Folk songs, Tswana

Tswana (African people)

Folk music

Field recordings

Description / content note

"Red locust, to the Ndebele, it does not return. It comes where it had gone to graze. From the grazing to the Ndebele. Home, home, to the Ndebele. Oh, oh, to the Ndebele. Oh, oh, to the Ndebele." The country of the Ndebele is towards the East, towards Pieterburg and they were the traditional enemies of the local Tswana/Kgatla. Their enemies, the Ndebele or Matebele, are likened to the red locust swarms which used to devastate the crops and the grazing each year. Hoeing 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

9

Is Format Of

Analog reel item

Duration (time)

00:02:16

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/10962/165996

Item sets

Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series