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Chemirocha, the Glossary

"Chemirocha" is a series of three field recordings made in 1950 by ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey during his visit to the Kipsigis people of the Great Rift Valley of Kenya.^[1]

Andrew Tracey

Andrew Tracey (born 5 May 1936, Durban, South Africa) is a South African ethnomusicologist, promoter of African music, composer, folk singer, band leader, and actor.

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Cargo cult

Cargo cult is a term used to denote various spiritual and political movements that arose among indigenous Melanesians following Western colonisation of the region in the late 19th century.

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Ethnomusicology (from Greek ἔθνος ethnos ‘nation’ and μουσική mousike ‘music’) is the multidisciplinary study of music in its cultural context, investigating social, cognitive, biological, comparative, and other dimensions involved other than sound. Ethnomusicologists study music as a reflection of culture and investigate the act of musicking through various immersive, observational, and analytical approaches drawn from other disciplines such as anthropology to understand a culture’s music.

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Faun

The faun (phaûnos) is a half-human and half-goat mythological creature appearing in Greek and Roman mythology.

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Great Rift Valley, Kenya

The Great Rift Valley is part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south.

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Hugh Tracey

Hugh Travers Tracey was an English ethnomusicologist.

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International Library of African Music

The International Library of African Music (ILAM) is an organization dedicated to the preservation and study of African music.

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Jimmie Rodgers

James Charles Rodgers (–) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.

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Kipsigis people

The Kipsigis or Kipsigiis are a Nilotic group contingent of the Kalenjin ethnic group and speak a dialect of the Kalenjin language identified by their community eponym, Kipsigis.

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Reel-to-reel audio tape recording

Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, also called open-reel recording, is magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording tape is spooled between reels.

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Tabu Osusa

Tabu Osusa (born 21 July 1954) is a Kenyan author and music producer, and the founder of Ketebul Music.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemirocha

Also known as Chemirocha I, Chemirocha II, Chemirocha III.