Zuwa woye (Track)

Zuwa woye (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
"The sun, the sun! The drumming pleases the people." A threshing song of a style in most Shona villages in the late autumn. As it was raining at the time it was recorded inside one of the school rooms, the singers beating on the floor in imitation of the sound of threshing.
Content Type
Field recording (raw)
Duration
3 mins
Anthropologist / Ethnographer
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Format
Audio
Sub Genre
Song
Date Recorded
1951
Series Number
TR174
Subject
World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology

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