Mopepe

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Title: Mopepe
Performer / Recordist: Buja soilders of the Force Publique; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Ngala (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Recorded at the camp Militaire, at Gombari, on the northern edge of the great Ituri Forest in north eastern Congo. Ngala is one of the most important Lingua Franca of the Congo having been the commercial language of the tribes trading up and down the river between Stanley Pool (Leopoldville) and Dtanley Falls (Stanleyville) 1000 miles up the river. The home of this Buja tribe is in central Congo on the great river itself, between Basoko and Lisala, north west of Stanleyville. Topical song with 2 bass drums.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Mbangala
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Bumba
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0129; 7
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:45
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/10962/169121

Item sets: Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series

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