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BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English
Item notes : Wachmann's original recording no.: 49.27. Item notes : Culture group in available documentation marked as Mengo Lubiri [however this is the name of the Lubiri palace of …
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 Ganda
Item note: Kiganda song. Performance note: This recording features drums. Recording note: Recording was made during a visit to a Primary Schools Music Festival, Mpigi, Western Uganda. Recordist's note: In …
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English
Choral song. Some bird and insect noise in the background.;Choral song. Some bird and insect noise in the background.
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 Gwere
Item notes : Wachsmann's original recording no.: 50.250
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English
Item notes : Wachsmann's original recording no.: 50.402
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 Karamojong
Recording of individual ox-songs (and others) by Nangiro, Iruata, Lokidori and AciaIruata: Eperi aluk - The downward-pointing horns of the ox with horns like the legs of a stool.
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 Fulah
Location: Lelouma. Original reference: Syliphone4-628-18. and CEAP608/8228. Record number: K254/B, K182/B
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English
Location: Kouroussa. Original reference: Syliphone4-001-09. and CEAP608/4160. Record number: 151/MV
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English
Item notes : Wachsmann's original recording no.: 54.740. From available documentation: The song is referring to the past when girls were forced to marry an unwanted man but committed suicide. …