Wainaga

Title: Wainaga
Performer / Recordist: Ndenderu, Kariuki; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Kikuyu; Kikuyu (African people); Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: This is an example of a song sung at the preliminary feast before circumcision. On the day before the event the people enjoy a great feast of manyu varieties of food and drink after which they sing these songs. Some of the verses are in the form of riddles and others may be both pointed and harsh. Circumcision song for boys and girls.
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; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:29
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/10962/175480