Gororombe yawakuru (Gorombe of the elders)

Title: Gororombe yawakuru (Gorombe of the elders)
Creator: Saimoni Mashoka
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 Buhera f-rh
Date Issued: 1949
Date: 1949
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180194
Identifier: vital:43331
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR172-08
Description: By 2 men and 3 women. The word 'Gororombe' now refers to a certain flute ensemble dance, but it appears that it may have been used for other dances as well in ancient times. The singers come from the Buhera district of central Southern Rhodesia. Song for Mashawi dance, with two Njari (Mbira), one 29 note and one 23 note.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:02:33
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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