Kenneth Gourlay Uganda Collection

Xylophone music and singing in a bar

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  • Type

    sound

  • Duration

    00:08:55

  • Cultures

    Tyap (Kagoro)

  • Shelf mark

    2CDR0006172 (copy of C105/32)

  • Recording date

    1976-01-24

  • Is part of (Collection)

    Ken Gourlay collection

  • Recording locations

    Kagoro, Nigeria

  • Description

    All notes transcribed from spoken announcements on tapes: recorded by Malan Edi at Kwestern club, Kagoro; announcement in local language; xylophone music, solo female singing and shouting and ululations; faint drums can be heard in the background sometimes. [For detailed notes and cross references see: "A descriptive catalogue of recorded sound" compiled by Ken A Gourlay for the musicology section of the Centre for Nigerian Cultural Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria].

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Xylophone music and singing in a bar

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