- Title
- Uyo mayo kuwa boyi
- Creator
- Mukhunganilwa with Nyamwezi women
- Creator
- Tracey, Hugh
- Subject
- Zinza (African people)
- Subject
- Rundi (African people)
- Subject
- Nyamwezi (African people)
- Subject
- Folk songs, Rundi
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
- Date Issued
- 1950
- Date
- 1950
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172975
- Identifier
- vital:42305
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR148-08
- Description
- "The woman worked as a 'boy'." In this area most of the domestic work in European houses is done by men, familiarly called 'boy'. The woman mentioned in the song became a domestic servant, but, the song says, she repented her decision and preferred to get married and have a home of her own. The connection between this song and the divination of the old woman who sanf it is not clear. Migabo is said to be the name of a group of older people, mostly women, who believe in the power of divination to assist their friends and relatives. Migabo divination songs, with 3 conical laced drums, and 4 gourd rattles (-12.54-).
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:45
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Nyamwezi
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Ceative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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