Sukuma labor songs from Western Tanzania we never sleep, we dream of farming /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gunderson, Frank D.
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English Sukuma Swahili
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:	African sources for African history ; v. 11.
Subjects:	Work songs > Tanzania > History and criticism. Work songs > Tanzania > Texts. Folk songs, Sukuma > Tanzania > History and criticism. Folk songs, Swahili > Tanzania > History and criticism. Sukuma (African people) > Music > History and criticism. Electronic books.
Online Access:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:

Songs of the Bayeye (snake hunters) and the Banuunguli (porcupine hunters)
Songs of the Bayege (elephant hunters)
Songs of the Baja Nyalaja (Lake Eyasi salt caravaners)
Songs of the Bapagati (long-distance porters)
Songs of the Balugu (warriors) and Barugaruga (mercenaries)
Songs of Askaris (conscripted soldiers)
Songs of reciprocal village labor
Songs of the Bagobogobo ("skin wearers") and Bakomyaluume ("dew steppers") competitive farming associations
Songs of the Bagobogobo in praise of the hoe
Songs of the Balimi (farmers) concerning disease, drought, and famine
Songs of nationalist praise for TANU, Julius Nyerere, and Uhuru
Songs of political discourse during the Ujamaa Epoch (1967-1985)
Songs concerning the war against Idi Amin
Songs of praise for the CCM since Julius Nyerere's presidency (1985-1995)
Songs of the Basungusungu (village vigilante associations).

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