Duration: 00:03:07
Cultures: Ganda
Shelf mark: C23/37
Subjects: Akadinda song
Recording date: 1987-09-25
Collection: Peter Cooke Uganda Recordings
Recording locations: Kidinda village, Mpigi, Central Province, Uganda
Performers: Kiwuuwa, Sheikh Burukan (akadinda). Unidentified (akadinda team).
Recordists: Cooke, Peter
Description:
Item note: Akadinda song. This was Cooke's first return visit to Uganda since 1968. Many of the informants were old friends who had survived 19 years of political turmoil and war. Conditions in southern Uganda were bad - the infrastructure of the country was in ruins and manufactured goods were in desperately short supply. Northern Uganda was still at war with the new President of Uganda, Museveni; The 1987 visit was made possible through the generosity of the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland and the Travel and Research Committee of the University of Edinburgh. Performance note: One of the players sings some phrases while playing. One of players makes a glissando as a cue to finish. Performer's note: Sheikh Burukan Kiwuuwa is akadinda team leader and former royal musician. Recordist's note: In Peter Cooke's notes, this is PCUG87.22.1.
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