Weise Praise-Singing, Part 2

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Title: Weise Praise-Singing, Part 2
Author: Wambura, Boke Joyce; Carter-Enyi, Aaron
Date: 2013-09-03
Decade: 2010-2019
Abstract: On September 3, 2013, three days after the inaugural Kuria Cultural Festival, we visited the best female poet (Waisa) in a small village in Southwestern Kenya, just metres from the Tanzania border. Michael Derek Gideon studied the poetry and music of Kuria for nine months in 2013, with the guidance and expertise of teacher and scholar, Peter Muniko. Keywords: Praise-Singing; Kuria District; Kenya; African Music.
Subject: Kuria language
Women poets
Festivals--Kenya
Document Type: text
Format: text/plain
Medium: born digital
Collection: African Digital Ethnography Project: Kikuria Collection
Institution: Morehouse College
Geographic Location: Kenya--Ntimaru
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