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, musicISBN:- 9789004184688 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9004184686 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9789004187603 (e-book)
- 782.42/159309678 22
- ML3760 .G86 2010eb
eBooks
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.