Chepconi Marinda II

Title: Chepconi Marinda II
Performer / Recordist: Akito Arap Yeko; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Mijikenda (African people); Nandi (African people); Folk music--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The Nandi, like the Kipsigis their relatives, are given to singing praise songs about people and places familiar to them and beloved by all. This is an example of such a song in which people, places and chiefs all come in for approbation and appreciation. Praise song with Kipukandet 6 string bowl lyre.
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: TR164; 7
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:50
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/10962/176905