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

00:02:30

Source: 

Shellac record number: TP2118

Master number: XYZ5549b

Recording number: 5549

Sound of Africa series number: TR-159 A8

Tape number: 142

ILAM number: 9352

ILAM number: 7840

Research number: D6T 3

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