Iyongilo kalamitap kokoek (The Kikuyu's pen)

Title: Iyongilo kalamitap kokoek (The Kikuyu's pen)
Performer / Recordist: Kiptui Arap Moroko with Nandi men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Mijikenda (African people); Nandi (African people); Folk music--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Kikuyu's pen." The Moran is the attractive Nandi dance where they link arms in a circle and step sideways to the music while others enter the ring and leap like a coiled spring straight into the air. It requires few words to keep the rhythm going. The words in this case, they said, had little meaning referring possibly to pen weilded by a certain Kikuyu clerk. They rise steadily in pitch during the song. Moran dance song for men.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nandi
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Kapsabet
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR163; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:30
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/10962/176752