Tong, tong

Title: Tong, tong
Performer / Recordist: Owade, John Cosmos and Bondo Choir of Luo girls; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people); Folk music--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Tong, tong went with the wood chopper's axe. And there beside him was a girl dancing to the sound of his blows. He was entranced. Topical song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Luo
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Bondo
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR167; 4
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:44
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/10962/178057