Were umwene umanya

Title: Were umwene umanya
Performer / Recordist: Kitutu, Isaka; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Gisu (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "God knows everything and is all powerful. When he dies everyman must account for himself before God." This song ended abruptly because the bridge of his lyre suddenly collapsed. Religious chant with Litungu seven string bowl lyre, pinned, heptatonic.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Masaba (Gisu; Kisu; Dadiri; Buya)
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Uganda Lukiko
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR0131; 15
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:20
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/10962/169538