Sukuma labor songs from Western Tanzania : we never sleep, we dream of farming / / by Frank Gunderson.
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| Superior document: | African sources for African history, v. 11 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English Sukuma Swahili |
| Series: | African sources for African history ;
v. 11. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxi, 535 p. :; ill., maps, music. |
| Notes: | Texts of labor songs with translation into English, musical transcriptions, and commentary. |
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Table of 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).