Chimeranga Songs of Zimbabwe [sound recording]
name: label: producer
content: Rogers, Betty 1950-
notes: label: Notes
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.
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: Zimbabwe
topic: label: Topic
content: Chimurenga music
label: Topic
content: World music
label: Topic
content: Political ballads and songs
label: Topic
content: Struggle
label: Topic
content: Songs and music
culture: label: Culture
content: Zimbabweans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-0772
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 7 in