Tsepe mpolaye, Hoe, kill me

Title: Tsepe mpolaye, Hoe, kill me
Performer / Recordist: Small group of Pedi women with hoes,Four Pedi women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Pedi (African people); Folk music--South Africa; Field recordings
Description / content note: There are several songs of this nature to be found in Africa where the newly married girl is accused by her sister-in-law of being lazy and not doing her share of the hard work, such as hoeing in the fields. Here among the Pedi as elsewhere the women are the agricultural labourers. "Hoe kill me. My in-laws say I am lazy. And I am useless. Hoe kill me." Hoeing song
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Pedi
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- South Africa Bushbuck Ridge
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1963
Date issued / published: 1963
Identifier: TR195; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:25
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/10962/189222