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Oluoch Kando

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Ngutu Waga

- Oluoch Kando, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Oluoch Kando , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1950-09-08
Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Dance music , Dance music--Caribbean Area , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kisumu f-sa
Language: Dho Luo
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/199315 , vital:46094 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR0247 , Research no.XYZ5449
Description: Praise song for a friend accompanied by a Thum 8 string lyre and Gava leg bells
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Date Issued: 1950-09-08

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Oindi Akelo

- Oluoch Kando, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Oluoch Kando , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1950-09-08
Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Dance music , Dance music--Caribbean Area , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kisumu f-sa
Language: Dho Luo
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/199323 , vital:46095 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR0247 , Research no.XYZ5450
Description: Praise song for a friend accompanied by a Thum 8 string lyre and Gava leg bells
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950-09-08

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Ngutu Waga

- Oluoch Kando, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Oluoch Kando , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Bondo f-ke
Language: Luo
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178135 , vital:42912 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR167-12
Description: "His good friend Ngutu Waga, the tailor, has been so generous to the singer as to give him all the necessary cattle with which to marry. What friend could be better than that?" This song is a tribute to his generosity. Ngutu furthermore is a fine tailor at Awak. He once cut a dress for a very lain girl which made her so beautiful that within one week many young men wanted to marry her. The tuning of the lyre in order of strings is as follows:- 170, 152, 138, 116, 232, 202, 170, 152 vs. Praise song for a friend with Thum 8 string and Gava leg bells (-12.55-).
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Date Issued: 1950

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Oindi Akelo

- Oluoch Kando, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Oluoch Kando , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Bondo f-ke
Language: Luo
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178144 , vital:42913 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR167-13
Description: Akelo and Kando the musician were friends who went to school together. Akelo was clever and passed all his examinations, but Kando was no good except at his music and was dimissed. Akelo his friend went higher and higher, joined the army and brought him back presents; for all he could do was to stay at home and play his music for the people. So now he sings his gratitude to his gifted friend. Praise song for a friend with Thum 8 string and Gava leg bells (-12.55-).
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Date Issued: 1950

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