Cheptim

Title: Cheptim
Performer / Recordist: Kipterer Arap Kenik with Kipsigis men and girls; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Kipsigis (African people); Folk music--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Cheptim' is a term of endearment for any girl, and the song is largely a repetition of the words 'Merire Cheptim" "Weep not pretty maid." Dance song for men and women with whistles.
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: TR166; 4
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/10962/177795