Sochoi

Title: Sochoi
Performer / Recordist: Moroko, Kiptui Arap with Nandi men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Mijikenda (African people); Nandi (African people); Folk music--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: A dance song with words of no special meaning whose only function is to keep the dance alive. The Moran dance with its leaping young men springing into the air like pogo sticks is one of the more spectacular performances which frequently have the simplest and most unattractive music as background. This item is typical. 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; 12
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:39
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/10962/176761