- Title
- Wuyawuya nalila mininga
- Creator
- Makhono, Likhengele
- Creator
- Tracey, Hugh
- Subject
- Nyamwezi (African people)
- Subject
- Sukuma (African people)
- Subject
- Folk songs, Sukuma
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
- Date
- 1950
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173671
- Identifier
- vital:42397
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR152-05
- Description
- Secret socities, charms and occult ideas are an everyday part of the lives of the Sukuma people. Charms and counter charms to a people who know no physical chain of cause and effect and only a vague one, are still considered valuable. The Wigasha dance is performed sitting down with most of the action confined to stretching up the arms and twisting the torso. The team of dancers performs routine actions in unision with arms and body. "I am Thinking abouth the death of my love who looked after me well. Wigasha dance song for men.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:07
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Nyamwezi
- Language
- Sukuma
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Ceative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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