Wainaga

Title: Wainaga
Creator: Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk songs, Kikuyu
Subject: Kikuyu (African people)
Subject: Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya
Subject: Folk music
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
Date Issued: 1950
Date: 1950
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175480
Identifier: vital:42584
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR159-03
Description: This is an example of a song sung at the preliminary feast before circumcision. On the day before the event the people enjoy a great feast of manyu varieties of food and drink after which they sing these songs. Some of the verses are in the form of riddles and others may be both pointed and harsh. Circumcision song for boys and girls.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:02:29
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Kikuyu
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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