| Description |
1 videocassette (47 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Physical Medium |
1/2 in. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
analog |
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magnetic |
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VHS |
| Note |
Documentary. |
| Performer |
Recitations in English by Welcome Msomi; reciters, Molefi Motsoahae ... [et al.]. |
| Credits |
Anthropologists, David Coplan, Georgia McMillen; editor, Ben Levin. |
| System Details |
VHS format. |
| Summary |
Depicts the poetic songs (known as difela) of Sotho migrant workers, who must go from their homes in Lesotho to work in the mines in the Republic of South Africa. |
| Language |
Narrated in English; songs in Sotho with English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Folk poetry, Sotho.
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Folk poetry, Sotho. |
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Sotho (African people) -- Lesotho -- Music.
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Sotho (African people) |
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Lesotho. |
| Genre/Form |
Music.
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| Subject |
Lesotho -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Lesotho -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Music.
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| Added Author |
Zantzinger, Alfred Gei, producer, director.
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Coplan, David B. (David Bellin)
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McMillen, Georgia.
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Levin, Ben.
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Msomi, Welcome.
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Motsoahae, Molefi.
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Constant Spring Productions.
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