Ngoslingosi

Title: Ngoslingosi
Performer / Recordist: Pancras Mkwawa; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Chaga (African people); Hehe (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: An old heroic song which reflects the historic background of the Hehe who conquered the whole of the Iringa area by force of arms. It was not until the Germans subdued them that they were forced to give up their traditional mode of living. 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; 13
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:31
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/10962/174928