Bwana Shanua kidzhere nguma inende

Title: Bwana Shanua kidzhere nguma inende
Performer / Recordist: Kanga Mayele with Giryama men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Giryama (African people); Folk music--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Bwana Shanua was an old singer famous in his day for inventing Juba dance steps. In this song they praise the old man for his cleverness. The facination of the Juba dance lies largely in the syncopated clapping which goes with it. Juba dance for men and women.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Giryama
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Malindi
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR162; 13
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:56
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176630