Sukuma labor songs from Western Tanzania [electronic resource] : we never sleep, we dream of farming / by Frank Gunderson.
Language: English, Sukuma, Swahili Series: African sources for African history ; v. 11.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.Description: xxxi, 535 p. : ill., maps, musicSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 782.42/159309678 22
- ML3760 .G86 2010eb
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Texts of labor songs with translation into English, musical transcriptions, and commentary.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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).
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Text in English, Sukuma and Swahili.
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