Chimeranga Songs of Zimbabwe
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-0772
label: General
content: LETTER TO MA; CDR copy-"Chimeranga Songs of Zimbabwe." It was produced by Betty Rogers, "a radio producer and media consultant in various projects in Africa." The tape is accompanied by a letter from Ms. Rogers proposing a Folkways album along the lines of the tape. The chimeranga (also "chimurenga") songs are the revolutionary songs of the Zimbabwe freedom fighters, which were "used as powerful weapons in the seven-year struggle for Black Indiepndence from the the Rhodesian government of Ian Smith." Zimbabwe achieved independence in 1980, and the tape was produced sometime during the two years Ms. Rogers was in Africa prior to the date of her letter of June 30, 1983. The tape contains a mix of singing, interviews of participants in the conflict (often describing the role of the songs), and narration. The singers and persons interviewed aren't identified.
name: label: Producer
content: Rogers, Betty, 1950-
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: Zimbabwe
label: Place
content: Zimbabwe -- Songs and music
topic: label: Topic
content: Chimurenga music
label: Topic
content: World music
label: Topic
content: Political ballads and songs
label: Topic
content: Struggle
creator: label: Producer
content: Rogers, Betty, 1950-
culture: label: Culture
content: Zimbabweans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / Open Reel Tapes
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-0772
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings