Central Sudan, Southern Wadai (Diongor) -- Song of Praise with Harp Accompaniment
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.238; E01027
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (7 minutes, color sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: two songs are presented by Godi Kossat, a popular singer of the Diongor people of Chad. The first selection praises some of the mighty and rich men at Mukulu, while the second song celebrates the famous Rabeh who conquered parts of Eastern Sudan at the end of the nineteenth century. Godi Kossat is accompanied by two musicians playing the five-stringed harp or kundinge.
Legacy Keywords: Sudan ; Central Sudan, Southern Wadai ; Africa; Diongor