Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 535 pages) : illustrations, maps, music. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
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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Note |
Texts of labor songs with translation into English, musical transcriptions, and commentary. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-495) and indexes. |
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). |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
Text in English, Sukuma and Swahili. |
Subject |
Work songs -- Tanzania -- History and criticism.
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Work songs. |
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Tanzania. |
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Work songs -- Tanzania -- Texts.
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Genre/Form |
Texts.
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Subject |
Folk songs, Sukuma -- Tanzania -- History and criticism.
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Folk songs, Sukuma. |
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Folk songs, Swahili -- Tanzania -- History and criticism.
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Folk songs, Swahili. |
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Sukuma (African people) -- Music -- History and criticism.
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Sukuma (African people) |
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Music. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Gunderson, Frank D. Sukuma labor songs from Western Tanzania. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004184688 (DLC) 2010015729 (OCoLC)601048221 |
ISBN |
9789004187603 (electronic book) |
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900418760X (electronic book) |
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9789004184688 |
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9004184686 |
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1282952714 |
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9781282952713 |
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