Kenneth Gourlay Uganda Collection
Kuku music
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Type
sound
Duration
00:09:43
Cultures
Tyap
Shelf mark
2CDR0006175 (copy of C105/35 C7)
Recording date
1977-05-29
Is part of (Collection)
Ken Gourlay collection
Recordist
Gourlay, Ken
Description
All notes transcribed from spoken announcements on tape: ...the music we had in Makabong...Kuku music with pingpoong (?) with the badjac; [much disscussion then a female singer starts song with a chorus of women joining her. Rhythmic accompaniment by wooden sticks (?); break - male leader starts another song with mixed chorus]; [more discussion then another song also led by female with mixed chorus and the same rhythmic accompaniment]. [For detailed notes and cross references see: "A descriptive catalogue of recorded sound" compiled by Ken A Gourlay for the musicology section of the Centre for Nigerian Cultural Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria].
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