Aba Seveni abada

Title: Aba Seveni abada
Performer / Recordist: Zakaria Kasasa, 'Endongo za Baganda'.; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Folk songs, Ganda; Ganda (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "The 'Aba Seveni', the soilders of the 7th King's African Rifles, are back from the war, but they have no money left. The ones who stayed are better off than the soilders." A story with a familiar aftermath theme. Topical song, with Endongo bowl lyre with 8 strings, Ndingidi one string bowed lute, and one Ntenga conical drum, laced, single.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Ganda
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Uganda Kampala
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR0136; 10
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:45
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/10962/170475