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African guitar : solo fingerstyle guitar music, composers and performers of Congo/Zaire, Uganda, Central African Republic, Malawi, Namibia, and Zambia : audio-visual field recordings, 1966-1993, by Gerhard Kubik.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Kubik, Gerhard, 1934-
Mwenda, Jean Bosco, 1930-1990, performer.
Okello, Faustino, performer.
Gwa, Pierre, performer.
Kachamba, Daniel, performer.
Malamusi, Moya Aliya, performer.
Ndara, Erasmus N., performer.
Yotamu, Mose, performer.
Vestapol Productions.
Rounder Records (Firm)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Guitar music--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Guitar music.
Popular music--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Popular music.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Ethnic music recordings--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Local Subjects:
Ethnic music recordings--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Genre:
Guitar music.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 booklet (79 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
1/2 in.
polychrome
Other Title:
Fingerstyle guitar music
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : Vestapol Productions ; [Cambridge, MA]: [Distributed by Rounder Records], [1995]
System Details:
VHS.
analog
magnetic
VHS
Summary:
African guitar presents cultural anthropologist Gerhard Kubik's personal field recordings from 1966-1993. This video offers a rare view into the rich textures of African fingerstyle guitar music.
Contents:
Mwenda Jean Bosco: Twende kwetu nyumbani
Ni furaha
Masanga njia
Bombalaka - Bibi mupenzi
Faustino Okello: Matide aboyo
Loskel ucyakewaki kongo
Pierre Gwa: Aba ri kwala
Babuti mwana lolo ya temba
Ndiango
Ikwela
Daniel Kachamba: Dolosina lumba
Mimi kwenda nairobi
Dzana lija tinali tonse
N.C.
Moya Aliya Malamusi: Make solofina
Chechure
Hauyani demonstration
Ndaona ine ndilibe mau
Erasmus N. Ndara: Engelika ghapumura munu wendi
Tango paya
Mose Yotamu: Mwenaku mama
Nani anyamata mukufuna ncito
Lead guitar variations
Ove tata! Ove mama!
Participant:
Mwenda Jean Bosco ; Faustino Okello ; Pierre Gwa ; Daniel Kachamba ; Moya Aliya Malamusi ; Erasmus N. Ndara ; Mose Yotamu.
Credits:
Layout and editing: Wolfgang Bachschwell, Gerhard Kubik.
Notes:
Originally produced by Vestapol Productions in 1994.
ISBN:
1884691161
OCLC:
33088396
Publisher Number:
13017 Vestapol Productions

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