- Title
- Uswezi I
- Creator
- Uwilula with old Nyamwezi women
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- 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 Dar-es-SA f-tz
- Date Issued
- 1950
- Date
- 1950
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172996
- Identifier
- vital:42307
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR148-09
- Description
- Uswezi is said to be the name of a special religious group which believes in divination and power of magic. They speak a special patois or code language of their cult. Unlike the Migabo they are not considered to be useful to society but have certain influence in the land. The song was recorded in Dar-es-Salaam, but their origin is up country near Tabora in the home district of the Nyamwezi tribe. Uswezi divination song, with gourd rattles.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:07
- 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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