Bia Kpe I

Title: Bia Kpe I
Performer / Recordist: Zande women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Zande; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: A daughter weeps for her father whom she will never meet again. 'Bia' means 'a song' and 'Kpe' means 'tears'. Literally - a song of tears. The song is sung around the body of the dead person. There is little to indicate from the style and manner of singing that they indicate sorrow or mourning. To an outsider, Zande mourning songs sound as unconcerned with death as similar songs in other African tribes. Mourning song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Zande; Bandiya
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Nguru
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0123; 13
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:15
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/10962/167977