Topima

Title: Topima
Performer / Recordist: Nkokolo, Kagaruki with Haya men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Haya (African people); Nyoro (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Why do you dislike me? I would like you to be a good friend of mine." A man had a friend an they fell out, so he sang to his friend to weigh up their differences, to measure them up and forget about them, or agree to differ. Topical song with laced conical drum and clapping.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyoro; Haya
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania / Uganda Kabale / Bukoba
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR144; 10
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:48
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/10962/171981