South African Music Archive Project
TP2118
The browser contains 10 records per page. Use the pager at the bottom of the page to navigate to additional pages
For more information about each record click the Title link in the page below
Alternatively all "orange" words below are links to records which have been so tagged
- Artist(s): Tabitha Wairimu with Kikyuyu girls | 1950/09/23 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Forest Hall district, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kikuyu, Kikuyu, Wairimu,Tabitha, ILAM | A very simple dance song, sung in unison.Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6T 8
- Artist(s): Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specified | 1950/09/23 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kiambu district, Kikuyu, Kikuyu, Ndenderu, Kariuki, ILAM | A dance song, Njama for old men. "My daughter's hut is thatched with reeds and the bushy tails of cows". The song has ten verses, the first three repeated. The accent or stress on the ultimate syllable, instead of on the penultimate, might indicate mission influence in this song. Local linguists would be able to determine this point. Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6T 8
