Peter Cooke Uganda Collection
Lweng a biro
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Type
sound
Duration
00:11:11
Cultures
Adhola
Shelf mark
C23/17
Subjects
Historical song
Recording date
1965-11-04
Is part of (Collection)
Peter Cooke Uganda Recordings
Recording locations
Nabyogo Primary School, Adhola county near Nagongera, Uganda
Performers
Ocho, Asanasio (singer, male, ntongooli), Otyeno, Elisafanu (singer, male, ntongooli), Unidentified (dancers, leg bells), Unidentified (gwara), Unidentified (teke)
Recordist
Cooke, Peter
Description
Item note: Historical song about the 1960 riot. Performance note: With ntongoolis (lyre), 1 teke (percussion beam), leg bells and gwala or gwara side-blown trumpet; Bells were crescent-shaped and worn on dancer's legs. Followed by tuning of ntongooli (item 22b) then 2nd ntongooli. Second player than plays. Then 22c - both players playing together. Otieno corrected the tuning of Ocho's instrument. Performer's note: Elisafanu Otyeno of Namwanga. Asanasio Ocho of Nabuyoga. Recording note: Recorded at 3 3/4 ips. Recordist's note: In Peter Cooke's notes, this is PCUG64-8.23.B3a, b, c, and d [announced as 22].
Metadata record:
Lweng a biro
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