Ayemere Kasunau nkwanzi

Title: Ayemere Kasunau nkwanzi
Performer / Recordist: Faisi Wabunoha and Toro women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Nyoro (African people); Nyankole (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The song contains an historic reference to Kasunsu, the half brother of Kabnega the Mukama of Bunyoro, who during the early days of Uganda broke away from his brother who was fighting the English and set up on his own in Toro and was recognised as a separate kingdom. Enanga wedding song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyoro; Nyankole
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Uganda Bukuku
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR0135; 14
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:33
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/10962/170335