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Nakakanilwa kwimba mbele (Track)
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When I sing before an audience My voice breaks.' Stage fright is not the exclusive experience of any one people, it would appear.
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Nakatiye (Field Card)
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"What a liar." Chorus: "Yes indeed, what a terrible liar." (Meant humourously) An attractive chorus with typical declining melody almost like a series of yodels.
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Nakatiye (Track)
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Only one of the two strings of this lute is stopped -- the other being used as a kind of drone. A very simple 5 note accompaniment is possible by this means, from the open string with three stopped notes together with the drone. A bent piece of midrib from a fowl's feather is fixed at the far end of the string to...
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Nakidema changu kake juma (Field Card)
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These short songs are used for waking up the people for their last mealthe second of the night during the fast Ramadhan. The singers go around singing and playing the drum at about 1 - 2 a.m. It is a picturesque Swahili/Mohammedan custom. The two membranes of the bass drum are tuned to different notes.
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Nakidema changu kake juma (Track)
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These short songs are used for waking up the people for their last meal—the second of the night during the fast Ramadhan. The singers go around singing and playing the drum at about 1 - 2 a.m. It is a picturesque Swahili/Mohammedan custom. The two membranes of the bass drum are tuned to different notes.
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Nak’umiza umukhana aloba (Track)
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Nalelua lele-lele-la, deleva nalelua (Field Card)
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Drive on driver, I have nothing to give you.' They sing to the driver of the lorry as he passes. There is a touch of romance associated with the drivers of long distance lorries, rather like that of the sailors in the days of sail, or the engine drivers of the very early trains and mail coaches. This troupe of dan...
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Nalelua lele-lele-la, deleva nalelua (Track)
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Drive on driver, I have nothing to give you.' They sing to the driver of the lorry as he passes. There is a touch of romance associated with the drivers of long distance lorries, rather like that of the sailors in the days of sail, or the engine drivers of the very early trains and mail coaches. This troupe of dan...
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