Sukuma labor songs from Western Tanzania : : we never sleep, we dream of farming / / by Frank Gunderson.
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,...
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| Superior document: | African sources for African history, v. 11 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | African sources for African history ;
v. 11. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (567 p.) |
| 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).