Ngbakpolo yingo

Title: Ngbakpolo yingo
Performer / Recordist: Mulapala Kpeli, Chief Gatanga, Mongonika and Zande men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Mangbetu; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The old singer is a great favourite in the district, the local Zande enjoying his songs of historical flavour. "Do not go to the village of Yingo, for he is a cruel Chief and makes men suffer." Ngbakpolo is pronounced Bapolo. Topical song with vertical, angular, kundi harp, 5 strings and hand clapping.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Zande
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Buta
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0122; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:40
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/10962/167286