Klaus Wachsmann Uganda Collection
Abokok - Akuma. Klaus Wachsmann Uganda Field Recordings
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Type
sound
Duration
00:32:24
Cultures
Karamojong
Shelf mark
C4/44
Recording date
1954-10-07
Recording locations
Kangole (about 15 miles West of Moroto), Uganda
Recordist
Wachsmann, Klaus, 1907-1984
Singers
unidentified (solo singer, male), unidentified (mixed chorus, hand clapping)
Description
Item notes : Wachsmann's original recording no.: 54.455. From available documentation: A song about the tortoise: when you want to eat a tortoise, do not kill it first but take it alive in your hands. Performer notes : From available documentation: A dance song, sung standing - the men alternate stamping the right and left foot.
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