Kiriri

Title: Kiriri
Performer / Recordist: Wangari wa Gibson with kikuyu girls; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Kikuyu; Kikuyu (African people); Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Anyone who dares to stop the dance should be denied the abilty to bear children. Simple school dance song. European insipiration is almost certain in the first item, possibly taken from "There was a farmer who had two sons." Dance song for boys and girls.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Kikuyu
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Forest Hall
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR159; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:09
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/10962/175549