Owachitawala, O Watchtower

Title: Owachitawala, O Watchtower
Performer / Recordist: Philemon Kalela,Group of Bemba men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Lozi (African people); Bemba (African people); Folk songs, Bemba; Field recordings
Description / content note: A song making fun of the Watchtower sect which holds its meetings every Monday and Wednesday in different private houses. The singers were alleged to be Catholics but that did not stop their singing the songs of the rival church. The word Chitawala is made up of the syllables of the English word heard by African Wachi-ta-wa-la. The local Bemba being unable to say an'R', preferring the 'L'. Topical song
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Lozi; Bemba
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- Zambia Fort Roseberry
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR182; 16
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:40
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/10962/183798