Chibemba

Title: Chibemba
Performer / Recordist: Kayoka Ladislaus, with Kapungo Isidore and Beya Marcel (Likembe players); Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Luba (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: "My brothers and sisters belong to a family of great repute." A simple accompaniment of bell like quality mainly on two notes. The sound of one of the players thumb nails striking the surface of the sound of the sound board after plucking the note can be clearly heard towards the end of the recording. Topical song, with 2 Likembe mbira and wooden clapper (-12.02-)
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Luba
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kandakanda
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR177; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:53
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/10962/182025