Ndeke

Title: Ndeke
Performer / Recordist: soilders of the Force Publique, at Camp Militaire, Gombari; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Ngala (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: These marching songs are well known and sung by all Congo askari, the African soilders of the Force Publique. Ngala is the official lingua franca for all the native soilders of the Congo, a country where there are over 400 Bantu and nearly 100 non Bantu, languages and dialects. (Copied from disc). Soilders marching song with 3 bass drums.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Mbangala
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: TR0129; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:26
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/10962/169159