Music Performance on 19th-Century Sukuma-Nyamwezi Caravans to the Swahili Coast
Abstract
- Abstract
- This article examines the utility and significance of music performed on 19th- century caravans journeying between the inland East African Sukuma-Nyamwezi and interlacustrine regions, and the Swahili coast. This research will show that through music and "soundscape production”, Sukuma-Nymawezi porters or bapagati maintained their identity and dignity albeit intermittently, in spite of the rigors sustained on the long march.
Description
- Description
- pages: 6-25
Subjects
- Subject
- African Music
People & roles
- Author
-
Gunderson, Frank
Value Annotations
Origins & context
- Is Part Of
- Florida State University
Origins & context
- Title
- Music Performance on 19th-Century Sukuma-Nyamwezi Caravans to the Swahili Coast
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- Parent project
- International Library of African Music
- is funded by
-
Rhodes University
- Place of Origin
- South Africa
- Created Date
- November 30, 2008
Rights & access
- License
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Access Rights
- Public
Identifiers & sources
- DRE ID
- eaa-99-02cd
- Identifier
-
1779
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Origins & context
- Type
- Publisher, distributor, or vendor stock number
- WissKI URL
- 80552
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