Mulima hale

Title: Mulima hale
Performer / Recordist: Salome Nolega with Luya girls; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Kamba; Kamba (African people); Folk music--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: A song sung by a woman as she walks a long way to her garden to dig. She sings about the noises made by the wild animals in the countryside. In this setting the song appears to have been influenced by European glee style of singing. Topical song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Kamba
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Machakos
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR161; 7
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:34
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/10962/176232