Ruimbo rwa ngu

Title: Ruimbo rwa ngu
Performer / Recordist: Rebecca Nyanyega and Kikuyu girls; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Kikuyu; Kikuyu (African people); Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: A woman whose husband was away complains that she did not want to go out to collect firewood and would not have gone if she had not found the axe lying outside. "In any case, she says, there is no one to meet me at home on my return, only the poles of the hut." Work song, carrying firewood.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Kikuyu
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Njeri
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR159; 4
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:07
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/10962/175490