John Brearley Botswana Collection
Chaiye. Segaba musical bow with singing. No title
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Type
sound
Duration
00:04:37
Cultures
Khoisan
Shelf mark
C65/11
Subjects
Musical bow - bowed
Recording date
1985-07-24
Is part of (Collection)
John Brearley Botswana Collection
Recording locations
Kautshamkam (near Nata), Botswana
Performers
Chaiye (segaba with singing)
Recordist
Brearley, John
Description
The singer makes up the words as he goes along; they can be different each time a song is sung and they are normally reflections on his life, or on any subject; a) They gave one policeman the chieftainship and the other man the authority. When I was a boy I didn't care for women; when I grew up I was always in court because of them. The uncle gets the head (of a slaughtered animal), the nephew gets the telwane (?). I fell down and crawled on my elbows...continued at great length.
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