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MR.1970.17.47-B2

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Lesotho      Berea      Basotho      1959   Hugh Tracey 

Language and title:

original language: Sotho
title in original language: Ba mo loile
title in English: They have bewitched him

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Solo    1   (frame drum)   - 
 Solo    1   (single-skin drum)   FEMALE 
 Solo    1   (handclapping)   MALE 
 Solo    1   (handclapping)   FEMALE 
 Group   5   (handclapping)   FEMALE 

Characteristics:

general:
function: fortune telling
length: 4:48 min.

Performers:

James Mofokeng, Mahanyane Rakaki, Mamojela Letsipa

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"The Sound of Africa Series - Sons d'Afrique Series"
Reference AMA. TR-101
Much of the divining ceremonial seems to follow the Xhosa pattern from which it appears to be borrowed. One girl beats a small frame drum made of metal. Some of the phrases used in the divining procedure are Xhosa such as "Siyavuma". "They have bewitched him. The child of the gods. Mahayane has been bewitched. Ntate Sekhobe has been bewitched. Ntate Ntsopa has been bewitched." This song was followed by a "Lithoko" in praise of the singer. After the Lithoko the same song was repeated, followed by another Lithoko in which further reference was made to the singer, who she was and how she had been cured by another Lethuela (diviner) when she was ill.


Tempo: help

tempo
average152.9
median153.85
minimum117.65
maximum181.82
standaard deviation9.4
regression factor-0

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