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- Title
- Ngwindingwindi ishumba inoruma (England is the lion that bites)
- Creator
- Chief Takawarasha and group of Karanga men
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Folk music--Zimbabwe
- Subject
- Karanga (African people)
- Subject
- Folk songs, Shona
- Subject
- Folk music
- Date
- 1958
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154595
- Identifier
- vital:39752
- Description
- An old song composed when the British first came to Rhodesia. 'Gwindingwindi' was their way of pronouncing 'England'. The drum was played by Esteri Shumba. The actual incident which gave rise to this song was the appearence of the Pinoneer Column marching across the Chibi District on its way up through Providential Pass to establish Fort Victoria and soon afterwards 'Fort' Salisbury in 1890. Historical song with 2 drums.
- Format
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:26
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Shona, Karanga
- Rights
- International Library of African Music, 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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ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
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