Suchi

Title: Suchi
Performer / Recordist: Chepkorir and 4 small Kipsigis girls; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Kipsigis (African people); Folk music--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Two little girls sing to each other, each trying to outdo the each other in extravagant boasting about their personal charms until in the normal way, the song breaks down in laughter. In this instance they were too shy to laugh. Children's song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Kipsigis
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Kapkatet
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR165; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:02
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/10962/177544