Ekyokuhimbisa batahibe

Title: Ekyokuhimbisa batahibe
Performer / Recordist: Eri Kavigira; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Nyoro (African people); Nyankole (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: A young boy recited the praises of noblemen. It is customary for a praise reciter to hold a spear upright in one hand resting the butt on the ground and gesticulating with the other; at the end of the chant he stabs the butt of the spear into the ground. This can be heard on the recording. Praise chant.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyoro; Nyankole
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Uganda Kamukuzi
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR0135; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:28
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/10962/170225