This page has sound recordings from my
recent travels to South Africa and Namibia.

All recordings...

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Approaching Storm                    08:16
    An enormous thunderstorm rolling in from a few miles away. 
    Recorded at dusk in the middle of Karongwe Reserve with flies
    very interested in what I was doing.

At Croc Dam                        07:37
    Recorded as the sun was almost down at Croc Dam on Karongwe
    Reserve.  Egyptian Geese can be heard across the water as well as
    many frogs and the splashing of fish as they jump out of the water to catch insects.

Raindrop Frogs                    01:28
    These are my favorite frogs at Karongwe.  I’m wasn't sure what the species name
    was, to me they make a sound that reminds me of a raindrop.  But Walter Knapp
came to the rescue and ID'd these as
Bubbling Kassina [Kassina senegalensi
].
Recorded at dusk again along the edge of a small dam.

WALKAROUND Bo Kaap                06:14
    This is a lazy Monday afternoon wandering up the hill towards Table
    Mountain, through the Bo Kaap neighborhood in Cape Town.  This is a
    largely Muslim area, home to the erroneously titled Cape Malay people of South Africa.

WALKAROUND Greenmarket Square            08:10
    A walk through Greenmarket Square and surrounding area, right in
    downtown Cape Town on a Thursday afternoon. 

Breakdancing                        07:46
    This and the following three tracks are recorded at Tamfafa’s Shebeen [bar] in
    Imizamo Yethu Township near Hout Bay.  Hout Bay is down the Cape
    Peninsula from Cape Town, on the way to the Cape of Good Hope.  This track
    is the sound of the jukebox and young folks cheering as some of their rank are
    breakdancing for us.

Brothers With Voices/Iman Fuma            05:01
    The Brothers With Voices Choir perform one of their songs Iman Fuma[sp?]

Brothers With Voices/Welcome to Cape Town        03:24
    The Brothers With Voices Choir perform another of their songs.

Brothers With Voices/Lindelani            03:11
    The Brothers With Voices Choir perform another of their songs.

Street Kids                        03:25
    This and the following track are recorded one afternoon in a small alley off Greenmarket
    Square in Cape Town.  The songs are performed by small school children.

Street Kids 2                        01:01



















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