Ziriya yapasharo (Track)

Ziriya yapasharo (Track)

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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
It is usual for semi-professional entertainers of this kind to keep up a running patter of amusing remarks and scandal to keep up a running patter of amusing remarks and scandal to the traditional airs played on the Njari in the background. Like many other players of this instrument Manyoni Zhou calls himself "The Player of Mbira." The two musicians come from neighbouring districts, Zhou from Chilimanzi and Mashoko from Buhera, the district in which the Njari originated about 1760 A.D.
Content Type
Field recording (raw)
Duration
2 mins
Anthropologist / Ethnographer
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Format
Audio
Sub Genre
Narrative Songs
Date Recorded
1950
Series Number
TR175
Subject
World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology

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