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Southern Sotho circumcision songs

Group of Sotho men
Southern Sotho circumcision songs
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Each stage of the circumcision of Southern Sotho boys in the Matatiele District, South Africa, is accompanied by a song. Hugh Tracey recorded these circumcision songs in 1957 at Queen’s Mercy, the headquarters of Chief Moshesh (Tracey 1973).

Track Listing

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101
Lelingoana Group of Sotho men 9:37
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102
Lengae Group of Sotho men 2:37

Album Info

Catalog Number

ILAMTR016

Year(s) Released

1957

Label/Collection

International Library of African Music (ILAM)

Genre(s)

World

Country(s)

South Africa

Culture Group(s)

Sotho

Language(s)

Sotho, Southern

Credit(s)

Hugh Tracey - Compiler, Liner Notes Editor, Liner Notes, Recorder