Wakaratha

Title: Wakaratha
Performer / Recordist: Ndenderu, Kariuki; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Kikuyu; Kikuyu (African people); Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Archer, let us shoot at each other, then if I kill you, we will sacrifice a ram for you. The meat will be given to the rain-makers, rain will fall, the grass will grow to feed the cattle. The cattle will be used for a wife's dowry and she will make beer for me."
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Kikuyu
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Kiambu
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR159; 2
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:00:57
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/10962/175470