Work & dance songs from Kenya.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Nzomo, David, performer.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Smithsonian global sound for libraries

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk dance music--Kenya.

Folk dance music.

Folk-songs, Kenyan.

Kenya.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Folk music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (approximately 50 min.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Folkways Records, 1975.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Contents:

Ivinda ya mbua (farm work song)

Wamama (rhythm work song)

Ndavu yakwa (work song)

Ndumane muyale (harvest song)

Mwiitu wa mumbwa (women song)

Itumbi ya nyaa (divorce song)

Nzin'ang'a (call and response)

Katanga nduli (dance song for young)

Twakinya ya masaku (dance song for the old)

Ngingo tikili (moral dance song)

Oki na ki ndukatavanie (group song)

Sangalala (moral song).

Participant:

Sung by David Nzomo, with assisting native musicians.

Notes:

Program notes with English translations of the song texts by D. Nzomo (1 p.) inserted in original container.

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Smithsonian global sound for libraries). Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

FW 8715

OCLC:

689538135

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.