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Tswana/Ngwaketse Botswana
Title
Tswana/Ngwaketse [electronic resource] : Botswana.
Published
Roodepoort, Transvaal, Union of South Africa : International Library of African Music, [1959]
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Notes
Edited by Hugh Tracey.
Singing game; initiation songs; rain songs; praise verse; party dance song.
Recorded by the International Library of African Music.
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Smithsonian global sound for libraries). Available via World Wide Web.
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Botswana
Smithsonian global sound for libraries.
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Original
Format
Audio / Online
Language
Niger-Kordofanian (Other)
Added to Catalog
January 31, 2011
Series
Sound of Africa = Sons d'Afrique
Performers
Sung and played by native musicians.
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).
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International Library of African Music.
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