Nabobo

Title: Nabobo
Performer / Recordist: Melany Mewarali with Meru men and women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Chaga (African people) -- Music; Meru (African people) -- Music; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Sleep well you girls, Sleep well my love." The last song at a dance party to break the spell and say 'Goodnight'. A simple melody, well suited to its purpose. In other parts of Africa similar songs are sung for the same purpose of marking the end of a party, a story telling session or a drama, equivalent to "Goodnight, ladies, we are going to leave you now." A spell breaking song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Meru
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Arusha
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR153; 9
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:28
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/10962/173946