Peter Cooke Uganda Collection
Ee wan wabina ikuk and Lukembe tuning
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Type
sound
Duration
00:03:53
Cultures
Acholi (Labwor)
Shelf mark
C23/8
Subjects
Lukumbe song [entertainment]
Recording date
1966-01-02 to 1966-01-03
Is part of (Collection)
Peter Cooke Uganda Recordings
Recording locations
Alarek, Labwor, northeast Uganda
Performers
Opia (singer)
Recordist
Rowell, Hugh
Description
Item note: Lukumbe song [entertainment]. Copy of Lukembe (lamellophone) songs and tunings dubbed from recordings made by Hugh Rowell, Makerere University College. "Girls are like birds in the river. Uganda has her freedom. I'm thinking of my girl. Oh, the eyes of women." Performance note: This recording features two Lukembe [treble and larger size], drum and wooden pipe called Apara [old women keep it]. Performer's note: These people spread into this part of Labwor from Acholi according to Hugh Rowell. Recordist's note: In Peter Cooke's notes, this is on TAPE PC 11, TRACK B, item no. 6 [although announced as item 19].
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