Fila II

Title: Fila II
Performer / Recordist: Group of Luba Men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Luba (African people); Ruund (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: These funeral songs are sung to cheer themselves up, but can also be sung at any time, they said. "While we sing we think of our own village." Recorded at the Kipushi Mine, Katanga. Fila dance song with 4 goblet drums and struck bottle
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Lunda; Luba
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Lubangule
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR179; 13
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:34
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/10962/182974