Chepulon

Title: Chepulon
Performer / Recordist: Kiplakat Arap Tanui; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Mijikenda (African people); Nandi (African people); Folk music--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The local hero Chepulon is a national legendary figure whose exploits are held up to the young men to emulate. In such ways are tribal manners and codes of behaviour instilled into and the younger generations. Heroic 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; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:18
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/10962/176910