Atu

Title: Atu
Performer / Recordist: Andre Boniface Wahamba and group of Chokwe men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk songs, Chokwe; Chokwe (African people); Luvale (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: "So many people have been born, so many people have died. Now all my folk are finished. So who will keep me company when I die?" This song with its antiphonal call and answer is typical of the style of the majority of folk songs of the Chokwe heard on the mines. This kind of performance is most difficult to record effectively for several reasons. Chianda dance song woth Sangu rattles, leg rattles held in the hand and gourds on sticks
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Chokwe; Luvale
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Angola Villa Luzu
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR180; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:47
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/10962/183301