Mulipe Kodi

Title: Mulipe Kodi
Performer / Recordist: Madeje Matengo with Gogo women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Gogo (African people); Songs, Gogo; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "I have gone down the hill many a time. In answer to the call from the chief. All they tell us is 'Pay your tax'." An attractive chant in which Gogo people find consolation by singing about themselves. This song is a typical example of Gogo 'lining' where the soloist gives out the first word of the next stanza. At the end of the song one singer shouts out 'Bas', 'the end'. Topical song
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Gogo
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Mvumi
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR154; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:05:09
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/10962/174165