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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010

1 online resource (xxxi, 535 p.) : ill., maps, music

ISBN 9789004187603 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9004184686 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN 9789004184688 (pbk. : alk. paper)

African sources for African history, ISSN 1567-6951 ; v. 11

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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

Text in English, Sukuma and Swahili

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(OCoLC)697174366