O’Winyi Tito obeyobo lobo

Title: O’Winyi Tito obeyobo lobo
Performer / Recordist: Samuiri Oduonga and Chopi men and women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Chopi; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The men sing the words while the women yodell. The burden of the song is that the Mukama (Tito Gafubusa Winyi II. C.B.E. paramount chief of Bunyoro) makes good laws. He had made a law to stop women from leaving the country in order to become prostituties eleswhere. "At home! ah, that is another matter", they said in answer to a question. Praise song for the Mukama.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Chopi
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Uganda Kigumba
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR0130; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:14
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/10962/169219