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Xhosa divination songs and lullabies.
Streaming audio Available online
View online- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- Smithsonian Global Sound.
- Language:
- Xhosa
- Subjects (All):
- Xhosa (African people)--Music.
- Xhosa (African people).
- Folk songs, Xhosa--South Africa.
- Folk songs, Xhosa.
- South Africa.
- Genre:
- Folk songs.
- Field recordings.
- Music.
- Sound recordings.
- Folk music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (8 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1957.
- Language Note:
- Sung in Xhosa.
- Summary:
- In 1957, Hugh Tracey recorded these divination songs and lullabies, performed by Xhosa groups at their chiefs' headquarters in South Africa. (Tracey 1973).
- Contents:
- Heehee, ndithe gebelele
- Tula mtwana
- Ingoboyama boke.
- Notes:
- Streaming audio files.
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).
- Recorded in 1957.
- Other Format:
- Original cat. no.: ILAMTR022
- OCLC:
- 950026216
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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