Jean Ndjela ku parquet (Jean Ndjela before the court)

Title: Jean Ndjela ku parquet (Jean Ndjela before the court)
Performer / Recordist: Ombiza Charles; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Zande; Alur (African people); Swahili-speaking peoples; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Jean Ndjela before the high court, Parquet, is the slang French term used for the court. This song recounts how Ndjela was condemned to prison together with a number of others, Maria Pilipili and the mulatresse amongst them, and ends by saying "Ndjela you cannot take stolen goods to the grave." 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; 10
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:59
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/10962/168090