Nitiren notera

Title: Nitiren notera
Performer / Recordist: Bekyibei Arap Mosonik and Cheriro Arap Korogoren; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Kipsigis (African people); Folk music--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The woman sits beside her dying husband and begs him not to leave her alone, for if he should die she would have to take off all her bangles and bracelets. "If only for the sake of the bracelets" she says, "Please do not die." Lament with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre, laced.
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; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:22
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/10962/177642