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Initiation and party dance songs from the Tswana-speaking Kwena of Botswana.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- Smithsonian global sound for libraries
- Sound of Africa = Sons d'Afrique
- Language:
- English
- French
- Niger-Kordofanian (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- Kwena (African people)--Music.
- Kwena (African people).
- Music--Botswana.
- Music.
- Ngwaketse (African people)--Music.
- Ngwaketse (African people).
- Songs--Botswana.
- Songs.
- Botswana.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Songs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Roodepoort, Transvaal, Union of South Africa : International Library of African Music, [1959]
- System Details:
- Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
- Contents:
- Singing game: Re tswa kwa tihabane (1:05)
- Male initiation songs: Maolo di phepga (1:38) ; Khakha si khudu (2:55)
- Rain songs: Pula (3:37) ; Kgomo tsa ga mme (1:52) ; Phatshwa bolela (3:20) ; Sekokodla pula wee (3:01)
- Praise verse: Maboko (3:11)
- Initiation songs: Lekwa retswang teng resentse (4:48) ; He ba kgethwa ba eme (3:37) ; Thaba we re tsena bene kakme rea (3:33)
- Party dance song: Kgaka (2:58).
- Participant:
- Sung and played by native musicians.
- Notes:
- Singing game; initiation songs; rain songs; praise verse; party dance song.
- Recorded by the International Library of African Music in the Kweneng District.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Smithsonian global sound for libraries). Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- ILAMTR-109B
- OCLC:
- 689541798
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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