Uhimila isekanakali nasukumbe (Uhilila was our best dancer)

Title: Uhimila isekanakali nasukumbe (Uhilila was our best dancer)
Creator: Juma Bin Nyela with Sukuma men
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Nyamwezi (African people)
Subject: Sukuma (African people)
Subject: Folk songs, Sukuma
Subject: Folk music
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Africa Tanzania Mwadui f-tz
Date Issued: 1950
Date: 1950
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173356
Identifier: vital:42362
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR150-11
Description: "Uhimila was so fine a dancer that even Kihimyali would bow down and clap his hands." All African tribes seem to idolize their good dances. The cutting of cicatrices on the face is accompanied by songs such as these, and by festivities and dancing. There is a local breed of fowls which have no feathers on their necks and very red skin. The song refers to a certain diviner who used to smear his face and neck with red earth. The people of the village can be heard chatting and laughing during the song, and a bird can be heard in the background of the second song. Ucheyeki song for cutting cicatrices.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:01:51
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Nyamwezi
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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