- Title
- Nyirandabyiguze
- Creator
- Twa women
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda
- Subject
- Rundi (African people)
- Subject
- Folk songs, Rundi
- Subject
- Africa Rwanda Shangugu f-rw
- Date Issued
- 1952
- Date
- 1952
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148933
- Identifier
- vital:38787
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR058-05
- Description
- Once in a time of famine, a woman went to look for food. Her search proving fruitless, in order to keep herself, she became a courtesan (she sold herself for food). The song is sung by small Batwa (pigmoid women) who sing in a style typical of their tribe with falling melodies and with clever hand clapping accompaniment. Party song with hand clapping
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:52
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Kinyarwanda
- Rights
- International Library of African Music
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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