Sengere Part I

Title: Sengere Part I
Performer / Recordist: Mkwawa, Pancras; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Chaga (African people); Hehe (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The singer calls the fighting men Zebras in this old heroic song of the violent past. He says "Zebras, you must run fast, the leopard is after you." Songs of the sort were sung at parties to encourage men to deeds of bravery. The sharp rhythmic beatings were made by the player striking the gourd resonator with the back of a finger. Heroic song with Ligombo 6 string trough zither.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Hehe
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Iringa
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR156; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:55
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/10962/174886