Idi Mambo

Title: Idi Mambo
Performer / Recordist: Muliama Namale and Ganda people; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Folk songs, Ganda; Ganda (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: This song is about Idi Mambo, a local eccentric who went about doing peciliar things. He once climbed up a tree and stayed there for four days to the amazement of the people who came from far and near to see him. It appears that 'pole sitting' is not prerogative of eccentric Americans only. Historical song, with one tall conical drum, open, pinned 34" x 9" - one large connical drum laced, 19" x 15 1/2" and hand clapping (-12.03-).
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: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0138; 5
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:46
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/10962/170887