Dekeye

Title: Dekeye
Performer / Recordist: Zande elephant drivers; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Zande; Alur (African people); Swahili-speaking peoples; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "A Chief's son always wants to become chief himself, are you not ashmed to want to take your father's place? The Zande men are specially chosen for the dangerous job of training wild African elephants on account of their bravery. The home district of these Zande men is Dungu, a small town in the north eastern corner of the Congo, north of Watsa and near the Sudan border. Topical song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Zande; Vongara
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Dungu
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0124; 4
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:48
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/10962/168022