Sukuma labor songs from Western Tanzania we never sleep, we dream of farming /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Sukuma |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2010.
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| Series: | African sources for African history,
v. 11 |
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10439199 |
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).