Gbada

Title: Gbada
Performer / Recordist: Bandani and Mayogo men and women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Bangba (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The railway has reached this spot far into the interior of the Congo. It is a narrow gauge (about 2' 6") line which runs from Aketi on one of the northern tributaries of the Congo eastwards to the edge of the great tropical Ituri forest, In common with many other parts of Africa local railway trains have struck the imagination and figure frequently in song. It is interesting to note the "Ai-yo-o" of the singer so often heard in guitar songs. Party song with a Kombi and 1 Gbe-Kombi Likembe.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Mayogo; Bazo
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Mayogo
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0118; 12
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:21
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/10962/166519