- Title
- Samanyemba ne Nzou
- Creator
- Teachers Training College, Penhalonga
- 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 Mangwende f-rh
- Date Issued
- 1949
- Date
- 1949
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180601
- Identifier
- vital:43589
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR170-02
- Description
- The story of an elephant who was given a child to liik after. "I have brought up so many children, that is easy, leave it to me" said the elephant. So he took the child away into the thick bush. When evening came she called the elephant to bring the child back. But there was no reply. So she went home to tell her husband and to collect the men to come and help her find the elephant. They came straight away, found the footprints of the elephant and followed them into the bush singing to the elephant as they went. At this point the recording ends without the denouement, so we shall never know if she got her child back or not. Whenever the word or refrain 'Samanyemba' is used in a Karanga song it is usually associated with decit. It appears that Samanyemba was the father of all liars - men were deceivers ever. Story song.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:04:27
- 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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