Ndoerera, I am trying (Name of girl)

Title: Ndoerera, I am trying (Name of girl)
Performer / Recordist: Simon Sitole; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk music--Zimbabwe; Shona (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: Simon Sitole from Mt. Selinda was working in a native carpenter's shop in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. "Ndoerera, the girl who disappointed me, saying, wash before I accept you. Johannesburg the place that worries me. Joni, Joni, the place I have come to. I was nearly dead when I left it. My father died while I was still young." Topical song with Mbira dza WaNdau
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Shona
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Zimbabwe Mt. Selinda
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1948
Date issued / published: 1948
Identifier: TR176; 9
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:48
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/10962/181769