Makobele

Title: Makobele
Performer / Recordist: Lili and Nebaliya and Yogo women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Bangba (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Lili is the sister of Chief Anga, and Nebaliya is his cousin. They are both good looking girls and have been much photographed and praised by visitors to their village near Paulis. These Sudanic girls have the typical slanting eyes and long upper eyelids associated with Mangbetu group, but more commonly seen in China rather than Africa. "The fruit of the Makobele." Party song with basket rattles.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Mayogo
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; 5
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:00:54
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/10962/166584