John Brearley Botswana Collection
1) Bird songs, hippos; 2) Isaac Mokoya Jame songs accompanied by guru- a gourd-resonated bow-.
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Type
sound
Duration
00:34:55
Shelf mark
C65/54; Tape 19
Subjects
Musical bow
Recording date
2004.07.20
Is part of (Collection)
John Brearley Botswana Collection
Recording locations
Shakawe / Kaputura
Performers
Jame, Isaac Mokoya (singer, male / guru - musical bow)
Recordist
Brearley, John
Description
1) About 21 minutes of various birdsongs; also hippo grunting in nearby Okavango river (Shakawe). Notable points at 07.50, 12.05, 13.40, 16.45, 18.32.- 2) Song by Isaac M. Jame who sings and plays guru (struck musical bow) entitled /ee - Blue Wildebeest (trad.) Story: a hunter went and shot a wildebeest with a poisoned arrow, not killing it but intending to go back and kill it. He then became sick, and was groaning with pain, but in spite of that, the people wanted him to go and kill it, because they needed the meat.
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