Nyumba ya mwari witu

Artist(s): 
Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys (Performer)
Date: 
1950/09/23
Composer: 
Composer not specified
Format: 
78 RPM shellac record
Source: 
Shellac record number: TP2118
Publisher: 
International Library of African Music
Rights: 
International Library of African Music
Identifier (greenstone export db): 
5801
Identifier (original): 
TP2118-XYZ5549b
Identifier (disa): 
mus1950-09-23.036.018.TP2118-XYZ5549b
Keywords: 
Description: 

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