Indondoli

Title: Indondoli
Performer / Recordist: Chief Anga with Mayogo men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Bangba (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The Mayogo are a Sudanic people who came under the influence of the Mangbetu and adopted their ways and customs including that of lengthening the shape of the skull by binding the heads of very young children every day. The bandages are taken off each night and replaced in the morning. Before the child is 2 years old the skull is set into elongated shape. Ni ill effects can be detected by medical men from this practise. Topical song with basket rattle Kekese.
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: TR0119; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:22
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/10962/166552