Kuriye

Title: Kuriye
Performer / Recordist: Mireiye Sanganga with Chaga men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Chaga (African people); Songs, Gogo; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Gather for defence." In the early days about 100-150 years ago, when the various tribes were pushing up onto the fertile slopes of the Kilimanjaro faction fighting was a daily occurance. At Marango the chief lived inside stout stone walls. Fighting song with sticks.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Gogo
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Marangu
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR155; 13
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/10962/174354