Homolela ngeka

Title: Homolela ngeka
Performer / Recordist: Four Pedi women and a baby,Four Pedi women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Pedi (African people); Folk music--South Africa; Field recordings
Description / content note: It is hard to decide whether lullabies such as this are meant to put the baby to sleep or merely to drown its crying with an even louder noise. "Keep quiet my girl. Your mother will soon return. She is gone to plant sweet potatoes. Keep quiet my girl, keep quiet." Lullaby
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; 12
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:02
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/10962/189244