Ka nabyama nkamurota

Title: Ka nabyama nkamurota
Performer / Recordist: Luhanga Magezi with Haya children; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Haya (African people); Nyoro (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The lute is made of a 4 and a half inch section of the lower part of an Ankole ox horn. These cattle have very large horns. The oval shaped membrane is python skin pegged into the horn and the bridge is reed. The string is of raffia palm. "While asleep one night, I dreamt of my love and had a shock when I awoke to find she was not there." Love song, with Ndingidi one string lute.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyoro; Haya
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania / Uganda Rurongo
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR143; 10
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:21
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/10962/171797