Ntimbo, Kwebembera Omukama

Title: Ntimbo, Kwebembera Omukama
Performer / Recordist: Yohana Nyakayonga with Ntimbo Royal drummers; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Nyoro (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Tunes, like the bosun's piping in the navy, which drum and pipe the Mukama as he leaves his Kikale (house) to go his rounds or visit the Council Chamber or court. The Nsegu pipes are made in two sections and joined together by binding with hide, or iguana skin which is shrunk or bound onto the two halves. Way of 'piping' the Mukama with four Ntimbo drums, footed, pinned, open, and Nsegu end blown vertical flutes.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyoro
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Uganda Hoima
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR0133; 4
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:12
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/10962/169793