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Title:On the edge of the Ituri forest : 1952, Congo : Budu, Mbuti, Mangbele, Nande, Bira.
Title-alternative:1952, Congo.
Title-alternative:Congo.
Title-alternative:Budu, Mbuti, Mangbele, Nande, Bira.
Title-alternative:1952, on the edge of the Ituri forest.
Title-alternative:Northeastern Belgian Congo.
Title-alternative:Belgian Congo.
Subject:Music
Subject:Congo (Democratic Republic)
Subject:Songs, Bantu
Subject:Songs, Swahili
Subject:Mbuti (African people)
Subject:Music.
Subject:Nande (Congolese (Democratic Republic) and Ugandan people)
Subject:Bira (African people)
Subject:Pygmies
Subject:Field recordings.
Description:1 sound disc (62 min.) : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. + notes ([20] p. : ill.) .
Description:Stichting Sharp Wood Productions: SWP 009/ILAM 03 (on container: SWP 009/HT 03).
Description:Vocal and instrumental music performed by native musicians.
Description:Sung in various African Bantu languages including Budu, Nande and in Swahili.
Description:Various performers.
Description:Field recordings made by Hugh Tracey in 1952 at Gombe, near Wamba, Kibali-Ituri district; Gombari, Ituri; Mbau-Mbilivillage, Beni district; and Bunia, all in the Belgian Congo.
Description:Compact disc.
Description:Historical and program notes by Michael Baird inserted in container.
Description:Budu. Mbo (3:05) ; Mbo II (2:35) ; Yando (3:06) ; Ope (1:21) ; Akakalu babini (4:30) ; Speech by Chief Baonoko (1:34) ; Mamayangu (2:57) Mangbele. Four drum signals (2:29) ;Nebandima (2:16) Nande. Two likembe tunes (1:25) ; Threelikembe tunes (4:46) ; Four flute tunes (5:43) Mbuti. Lumapipes (1:24) ; Luma pipes with druyms (1:35) ; Mai-o-da (1:12) ; Amabele-o-iye (1:11) ; Iyo-o-o (1:08) ; The honeyharvest (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. Mariachibu (3:04).
Contributor:Utrecht : Stichting Sharp Wood Productions ; Grahamstown, South Africa : International Library of African Music, [1998]role: Publisher
Contributor:Tracey, Hugh.role: Author
Contributor:International Library of African Music.role: Author
Type:Sound
is part of:Historical recordings by Hugh Tracey.
is part of:Tracey, Hugh. Historical recordings.
Place:Libraryrole: storage

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