Zzaaya

Title: Zzaaya
Performer / Recordist: Boys if St. Peter's school; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Folk songs, Ganda; Ganda (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The song describes how a man is taken to hospital and takes first this and then that medicine until eventually he dies. Sung in a manner traditional to the Ganda. The drumming and clapping are interesting example of typical crossed rhythm. Humorous song with snall, laced, conical drum and clapping.
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; 15
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:52
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/10962/170529