Performing the Nation
Subtitle: Swahili Music and Cultural Politics in Tanzania (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: July 28, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780226029801
First sentence: As we pulled up to the border an audible sigh echoed throughout the minibus.
Description: CD contains: Nimezama (I am drowning) -- Pendo Raha Yake (The joy oflove) -- Kitumbiri (Monkey) -- Mbuji ngoma -- Tanzania Yetu (Our Tanzania) -- Punda wa Tanga (Donkey of Tanga) -- Mwanya (Attractive gap between the front teeth) -- Aliyejaliwa (The favored one) -- Kumanya Mdigo (To know the Digo) -- Ngwinji (High-class prostitute) -- Nahodha (Captain).