Mugasha 1 (Field Card)

Mugasha 1 (Field Card)

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Field of Interest
World Music
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
Description
The singer was word perfect throughout the whole recitation. He tells the locally well known legend of the Lake Victoria Nyanza. He is credited with being the best legend reciter in all the Haya country. Before Mugasha was born he is said to have threatened his mother that unless he was born quickly he would come out of the side of the womb. The instrutment had to be retuned before the end of the legend as one or two strings were slightly flat. It was originally recorded in five sections.
Content Type
Field notes
Anthropologist / Ethnographer
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Format
Text
Sub Genre
Praise Song
Page Count
4
Series Number
TR145
Subject
World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology, Praise Song, Zither, Nanga, África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Bukoba District, Kagera Region
Keywords and Translated Subjects
África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural

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