- Title
- Muzazaranda
- Creator
- Chabarwa Musunda Sinyoro
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Shona (African people)
- Subject
- Folk music--Zimbabwe
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Zimbabwe
- Subject
- Africa Zimbabwe Salisbury f-rh
- Date Issued
- 1949
- Date
- 1949
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180152
- Identifier
- vital:43327
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR172-04
- Description
- Many of the best pieces of music in South Rhodesia are dedicated to the traditional belief in Mashawi souls. Muzazaranda is one of several songs which accompany this interesting ritual. Mashawi 'Souls' are not to be confused with the various spirits. The former are said to live in the chest of the individual, the latter's usual habitation is external. Girls you have looked at me. Do you know me? You boys, my name is "The cutter of gourds". Do you east grandmother's food, you boys. Under the plate there is something suspicious. Chikanga do not leave me when you go hunting. I want to see it hen you catch a 'duiker' (buck). My mother, ... my mother, has turned over. Has turned over the sun the moon! My mother's magic, it pleases me, it follows me wherever I go. That thing of my mother pleases. It came with four hyaenas. The fifth one ran off with the mouse. You, young person! Look, look you young person! Look, look at the girls! To you, you, you young person! To you, Chijaka, you Chijaka, you young person! Song for Mashawi souls with Njari (Mbira).
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:32
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Shona
- 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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