Kawulu

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Title: Kawulu
Performer / Recordist: Nekemeya Nenywamu; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Folk songs, Ganda; Ganda (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Kawulu, a Ganda man, was a cannibal. One day he met a woman, he caught her, killed her and ate her. The Hima people reported the matter to the police and Kawulu was taken to prison. After he was caught the Ganda denied everything saying they were never cannibals, but rather it was the Soga people who had done this dreadgul thing. So the case was heard in Jinja instead of in Kampala, but eventually he confessed and was hanged. So it was a Ganda and not a Soga who was proved to be a cannibal. Topical song with Ntongoli bowl lyre.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Ganda
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Uganda Kyemere
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0139; 6
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:53
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/10962/171036

Item sets: Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series

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