Weise Praise-Singing, Part 3

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Title: Weise Praise-Singing, Part 3
Author: Gideon, Michael Derek; Muniko, Peter; 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: moving image
Format: video/mp4
Medium: born digital
Collection: African Digital Ethnography Project: Kikuria Collection
Playing Time: 0:05:00
Institution: Morehouse College
Geographic Location: Kenya--Ntimaru
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/adept.kuj:0003.001
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