Okelo Oyuga

Title: Okelo Oyuga
Performer / Recordist: Odonde Obat; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk music--Kenya; Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people); Field recordings
Description / content note: "Okelo you gave me a goat. I came to your house and you gave me cigarettes. Then I asked to have a word with you and you stayed to converse with me. You are kind. You are a good friend of mine." Praise song for a friend with Thum 8 stringed lyre, Gara leg bells (-12.55-), Odnong toe ring (-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; 4
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:09
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/10962/178772