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On the edge of the Ituri forest : 1952, Congo : Budu, Mbuti, Mangbele, Nande, Bira.

Title
On the edge of the Ituri forest : 1952, Congo : Budu, Mbuti, Mangbele, Nande, Bira.
Publication
Utrecht, The Netherlands : Stichting Sharp Wood Productions ; Grahamstown, South Africa : International Library of African Music, [1998]

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Additional Authors
  • Tracey, Hugh.
  • International Library of African Music.
Description
1 audio disc : digital, mono; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
Historical recordings / by Hugh Tracey
Uniform Title
Historical recordings (Stichting Sharp Wood Productions (Sound recording label))
Alternative Title
  • 1952, Congo
  • Congo
  • Budu, Mbuti, Mangbele, Nande, Bira
  • 1952, on the edge of the Ituri forest
  • Northeastern Belgian Congo
  • Belgian Congo
Subject
  • Music > Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Songs, Bantu > Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Songs, Swahili > Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Mbuti (African people) > Music
  • Nande (Congolese (Democratic Republic) and Ugandan people) > Music
  • Bira (African people) > Music
  • Pygmies > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Music
  • Ethnomusicologie > Congo (République démocratique)
  • Bira (African people)
  • Mbuti (African people)
  • Music
  • Nande (Congolese (Democratic Republic) and Ugandan people)
  • Pygmies
  • Songs, Bantu
  • Songs, Swahili
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
Genre/Form
  • Field recordings.
  • Music.
Note
  • Stichting Sharp Wood Productions: SWP 009/ILAM 03 (on container: SWP 009/HT 03).
  • Vocal and instrumental music performed by native musicians.
  • Compact disc.
  • Historical and program notes by Michael Baird ([20] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Field recordings made by Hugh Tracey in 1952 at Gombe, near Wamba, Kibali-Ituri district; Gombari, Ituri; Mbau-Mbili village, Beni district; and Bunia, all in the Belgian Congo.
Language (note)
  • Sung in various African Bantu languages including Budu, Nande and in Swahili.
Contents
Budu. Mbo (3:05) ; Mbo II (2:35) ; Yando (3:06) ; Ope (1:21) ; Akakalu babini (4:30) ; Speech by Chief Baonoko (1:34) ; Mama yangu (2:57) -- Mangbele. Four drum signals (2:29) ; Nebandima (2:16) -- Nande. Two likembe tunes (1:25) ; Three likembe tunes (4:46) ; Four flute tunes (5:43) -- Mbuti. Luma pipes (1:24) ; Luma pipes with druyms (1:35) ; Mai-o-da (1:12) ; Amabele-o-iye (1:11) ; Iyo-o-o (1:08) ; The honey harvest (3:01) ; The antilope [sic] hunt (1:34) ; Mongu (3:00) ; Hunting cries (1:26) ; Song after moving camp (1:14) ; Curative song (1:10) ; Manatobo kukwo (1:21) -- Bira. Maria chibu (3:04).
LCCN
2003475152
OCLC
  • ocm40735570
  • 40735570
  • SCSB-13633816
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries