Chyoko | Central African

Title:

Chyoko

Audio:

Description:

This song is usually sung after a funeral, with harp, likembe and basket rattle. Leader - Zegbe and Ndongo men and women. Chief Maki, Faradje territory, North East Congo.

The singers lament the death of a friend and in so doing demonstrate the fact that Africans celebrate their funerals with dances and apparently gay singing.

Artist(s):

Zegbe and Ndongo men and women

Date:

1952-07-31

Format:

78 RPM Shellac Record

Format:

00:02:52

Format:

Sound Forge V. 8

Format:

Technics SP - 10 MK II direct drive turntable

Format:

Vestax BDT - 2500 belt drive turntable

Format:

Studer Revox Interface SP 10-8

Source:

Shellac record number: TP3229

Source:

Master number : XYZ7460

Source:

Recording number: 7460

Source:

Research number: F4D 4

Source:

Sound of Africa series number: TR-119 A8

Source:

Tape number: F92 X

Rights:

International Library of African Music

Publisher:

International Library of African Music

Identifier (disa):

mus1952-07-31.036.018.TP3229-XYZ7460

Identifier (original):

TP3229-XYZ7460

Identifier (greenstone export db):

6991

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