Gbalabalatauw iye hihe – Work song · International Library of African Music

Gbalabalatauw iye hihe – Work song

Title: Gbalabalatauw iye hihe – Work song
Performer / Recordist: Mbuti men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Songs, Swahili; Mbuti (African people); Swahili-speaking peoples; Pygmies; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: This song is performed early in the morning, following the day when the Pygmies have moved their camp and havr just completed the making of another. The 'huts' are very primitive shelters made of twigs and leaves and are soon abandoned as the game moves away to other parts of the forest. A small forest bird can be heard at the end of this song. Curative song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Congo Swahili
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Gombari
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0125; 17
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:28
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/10962/168295