KTang’oroki neirut olodwa airora

Title: KTang’oroki neirut olodwa airora
Performer / Recordist: Baiyani Medurek with Arusha men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Maasai (African people); Songs, Maasai; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "The Germans are nothing to us. They were defeated by the English. We are not sleeping and will fight for our country. We love our country and our cattle." The Arusha tribe fought on several occasions against the Germans during their early occupation of Tanganyika. Different men take over the solo between the chorus refrains. Osingolio Longishu cattle song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Masai
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Arusha
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR154; 5
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:14
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/10962/174104