- Title
- Ramadhani imekuja Islam tutubie
- Creator
- Three Wamusha Daku criers
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Folk music--Tanzania
- Subject
- Swahili-speaking peoples
- 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/10962/179553
- Identifier
- vital:43084
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR170-01
- Description
- Note the way in which the three performers sing in organum. They are the 'town criers' who go around during the fast of Ramadhan calling the people to wake up for their midnight meal. The singers themselves, while singing Swahili belong to the Liba/Songe tribe. The chants were sung to the same tune. The size of the cylindrical drum wa 13" x 8". The size of the shallow drum was 11 1/4" x 3 1/2". Moslem chants (Wamusha Daku), with 1 metal cylindrical drum, laced, 1 metal frame drum, pegged (-14.91-), 1 basket rattle (-12.54-).
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:47
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Swahili
- 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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