Okufa kwa Kireri

Title: Okufa kwa Kireri
Performer / Recordist: Nekemiya Nanywamu and Kasani Byansi; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Soga (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Kireri was a godly man who died in a train accident between Kamapala and Nairobi. He believed that everyone should pray to his own gods, and belonged to a sect called Balokole. When he was killed in the accident, they say, that had it not been for Europeans his body would have been eaten by hyenas, for his wife refused to have him brought home for burial. Topical song, with Ntongoli 8 string lyre and Ndingidi 1 string lute (-10.54-).
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Soga
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Uganda Bukona
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR142; 6
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:41
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/10962/171543