Bagangali

Title: Bagangali
Performer / Recordist: Bakia Pierre; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Mangbetu; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "I am the only son of my father. My wife, laugh just once so that I may see your teeth." Ngbanda Mandefu, the other harp player, a tall bearded man got up and danced in a style reminiscent of a Cossack dance, snapping his fingers and stamping now and then. Bakia Pierre is a large quietly spoken man who works in a Portuguese butchers shop in the small town of Buta. His songs were greeted with great applause and satisfaction by his fellow Zande in the circle. Topical song, with vertical angular Kundi harp, 5 strings.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Zande; Bandiya
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; 5
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:55
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/10962/167368