Oowa

Artist(s): 
Zegive and Mvu people
Date: 
1952/07/31
Format: 
78 RPM Shellac Record
Source: 
Shellac record number: TP3223
Publisher: 
International Library of African Music
Rights: 
International Library of African Music
Identifier (greenstone export db): 
6983
Identifier (original): 
TP3223-XYZ7465b
Identifier (disa): 
mus1952-07-31.036.018.TP3223-XYZ7465b
Keywords: 
Description: 

Mourning song, with harp, mbira, bells and rattle. Zegive and Mvu people. Watsa district, North East Congo., As a rule there is nothing in the song itself which would suggest to a foreigner a sense of solemnity or sadness in most African mourning songs.