The Shantu music of the Harims of Nigeria
Abstract
- Abstract
- Perhaps the most fascinating of all Nigerian music is the Shantu music and soft rhythmical singing which comes from the women’s courtyards of the Muslim Harims. I do not know of any other music either in Africa or the world which can be compared to it. Recently I have been able to obtain a tape recording of this music, which is a very difficult thing to come by because the songs themselves are of a very private and intimate nature, and it is impossible for a man to gain access to the women’s quarters. The wife of a student anthropologist managed this however, and I believe that this recording (not very good, alas) is unique.
Description
- Description
- pages: 56-57
Subjects
People & roles
- Author
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Mackay, Mercedes
Value Annotations
Origins & context
- Is Part Of
- British Broadcasting Corporation
Origins & context
- Title
- The Shantu music of the Harims of Nigeria
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- Parent project
- International Library of African Music
- is funded by
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Rhodes University
- Place of Origin
- South Africa
- Created Date
- November 30, 1955
Rights & access
- License
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Access Rights
- Public
Identifiers & sources
- DRE ID
- eaa-99-0027
- Identifier
-
255
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Origins & context
- Type
- Publisher, distributor, or vendor stock number
- WissKI URL
- 74708
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