Kwayas, Kandas, Kiosks (Barz)
Notes
1. This article was originally presented as a paper at the 1995 Northeast Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology (NECSEM), for which it was presented the 1995 James T. Koetting Prize for outstanding student paper. Back 

2. "Mwalimu" [teacher] is the term in Kiswahili used by Tanzanian kwayas to refer to the individual who acts as the leader or conductor of a kwaya, the individual who "teaches" songs to the group. back
  3. The Tanzanian Film Company is now defunct. The former technician, however, continues to use the facility for the recording of mainly kwaya kandas.back
  4. I owe a large debt of gratitude to these individual researchers for their intellectual support and for their diligent fieldwork participation in the Kanda Kiosk Project. Participants were: E. A. Tango, R. Chaskes, R. B. Cidosa, L. M. Lutonja, N. J. Mbinga, W. H. Mapendo, and M. Anthony. With the assistance of seven other researchers--all students in the Department of Art, Music, and Theatre at the University of Dar Es Salaam--one of the most densely populated and traveled areas of downtown Dar Es Salaam was surveyed. Back 

Audio credits 


1. Instrumental introduction
"Sodoma Gomora," first cut from "Dunia Sasa Inatisha" ["The World is Now Terrorized"], Kwaya ya Vijana, Sumbawanga Lutheran Church, Sumbawanga, Tanzania. Commercial recording. Cut lasts twenty five seconds. Back 

2. Opening chorus
"Sodoma Gomora," first cut from "Dunia Sasa Inatisha" ["The World is Now Terrorized"], Kwaya ya Vijana, Sumbawanga Lutheran Church, Sumbawanga, Tanzania. Commercial recording. Cut lasts fifteen seconds. Back 
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