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Record Id:7848452 (Australian Library Collections) permalink
Author:Beale, Peter.
Title:Peter Beale sings African folk songs and discusses them in the Norm O'Connor folklore collection [sound recording].
Published:1967 July 23.
Description:1 tape reel (ca. 17 min 45 sec.) : half track mono. ; 5 in.
Playing Time:001745
Series:Norm O'Connor folklore collection
Summary:Folkloric recording.
Contents:Singing: Si la mabele (to grind the corn), translates sings and discusses song; Jula tula (mother quietening her baby, tula means 'be quiet'), sings and discusses; Fula monyaiye (has actions, songs sung in circle). Conversation: about songs 'I have no books /shoes/pants to go to school; singing: A kena di buko (clapping knees accompaniment). Conversation: Scouts in Kenya were reluctant to sing in native tongue. Singing: For my Lord (who'll be the witness), Beale teaches it to Norm and Pat O'Connor, think it may be an American Negro song.
Notes:Part of a collection of recordings and related material collected during the 1950s and 1960s by Norm O'Connor and others for the Folk Lore Society of Victoria.
Recording begins on side 2 of reel.
Singing and conversation.
Part of:Norm O'Connor folklore collection (AuCNL)594624
Subjects:Folk songs -- Africa.
Other Authors:O'Connor, Norman.
Folk Lore Society of Victoria.
Access Conditions:Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
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Libraries that have this item:National Library of Australia. National Library of Australia (ANL) (1390886) ORAL TRC 2539/95 side 2

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