Bwana Leja

Title: Bwana Leja
Performer / Recordist: Thomas Mulungo; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Gisu (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The player was seated holding the lyre with the strings extending towards the right and played his leg bells by beating his heel on the ground. Bawana Leja (Letcher or Fletcher) was said to be a Government appointed valuator of cattle which were commandered during the war (1939-45) to feed the troops stationed in Kenya and Uganda. The woman complains that her only cow was taken by him and that she had no milk to give her new born child. Topical song with seven string Litungu lyre and leg bells.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Masaba (Gisu; Kisu; Dadiri; Buya)
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Uganda Mbale
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR0131; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:41
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/10962/169412