John Owade

Title: John Owade
Performer / Recordist: Ogalo Mirasi; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk music--Kenya; Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people); Field recordings
Description / content note: "I have an uncle, John Owade, who is the nicest man on earth. He bought me all my clothes and many other things as well--bless him."The box is struck with the iron and the iron is sounded with an nail or small bolt. Praise song, with Orotu one string lute sound box (-12.16-) and iron (-12.151-).
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Luo
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Kisumu
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR168; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:24
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/10962/178751