| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 535 pages) : illustrations, maps, music |
| Series |
African sources for African history, 1567-6951 ; v. 11 |
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African sources for African history ; v. 11.
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| Contents |
Songs of the Bayeye (snake hunters) and the Banuunguli (porcupine hunters) -- Songs of the Bayege (elephant hunters) -- Songs of the Baja Nyalaja (Lake Eyasi salt caravaners) -- Songs of the Bapagati (long-distance porters) -- Songs of the Balugu (warriors) and Barugaruga (mercenaries) -- Songs of Askaris (conscripted soldiers) -- Songs of reciprocal village labor -- Songs of the Bagobogobo ("skin wearers") and Bakomyaluume ("dew steppers") competitive farming associations -- Songs of the Bagobogobo in praise of the hoe -- Songs of the Balimi (farmers) concerning disease, drought, and famine -- Songs of nationalist praise for TANU, Julius Nyerere, and Uhuru -- Songs of political discourse during the Ujamaa Epoch (1967-1985) -- Songs concerning the war against Idi Amin -- Songs of praise for the CCM since Julius Nyerere's presidency (1985-1995) -- Songs of the Basungusungu (village vigilante associations) |
| Summary |
This volume is an interpretive analysis of a collection of 335 song texts treated as primary historical sources. The collection highlights the cultural practices that link music with labor in Sukuma communities in northwestern Tanzania. These linkages are evident in the music of the elephant, snake, and porcupine hunting associations that flourished in the precolonial epoch, in the nineteenth-century regional and long-distance porter associations, and in the farmer associations that have proliferated since the beginning of the twentieth century. Acting primarily as an interpretive editor, the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-495) and indexes |
| Notes |
Text in English, Sukuma and Swahili |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Work songs -- Tanzania -- History and criticism
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Work songs -- Tanzania -- Texts
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Folk songs, Sukuma -- Tanzania -- History and criticism
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Folk songs, Swahili -- Tanzania -- History and criticism
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Sukuma (African people) -- Music -- History and criticism
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
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Folk songs, Sukuma
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Folk songs, Swahili
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Work songs
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Tanzania
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Texts
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004187603 |
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900418760X |
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1282952714 |
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9781282952713 |
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