Magi

Title: Magi
Performer / Recordist: Njenje and Medje tipoyi carriers; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Mangbetu; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "I have taken a wife, and she is very happy with me." Tipoyi song by carriers of Chief Ebandrombi, when they carry him in his sedan chair, made of very light poles and woven cane. Work song with basket rattle.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Mangbetu
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Medje
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0120; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:10
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/10962/166779