Safari ya Baraka

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Title: Safari ya Baraka
Performer / Recordist: Ombiza Charles; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Zande; Alur (African people); Swahili-speaking peoples; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "The successful journey when everything went right, my business affairs flourished, my friends were pleased to see me and I had no mishaps on the way and returned safely." In 1952 Ombiza Charles was one of the leading guitar players and singers in Stanleyville. They had copied the style of playing introduced from Angola through Leopoildvile and every tune they employed they called a 'rumba'. This professional group of performers was called Oroclos. 'Rumba' topical song, with guitar, bottle and friction stick.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Zande; Vongara
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Stanleyville
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0124; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:54
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/10962/168064

Item sets: Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series

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