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D. Nzomo & Chorus - Children's Songs From Kenya FLAC

Performer: D. Nzomo & Chorus
Title: Children's Songs From Kenya
Genre: Kids / Folk & World
Cat #: FC 7852
Label: Folkways Records
Country: US
Date of release: 1975
Style: African, Folk
FLAC size 2568 mb
MP3 size: 1593 mb
Record From Vinyl, LP, Album

Nzomo Chorus Folkways Records African Folk 1975

Tracklist

1	Nguli Ithi (Hey, You Working Over There...)
2	Katumbu (Me, Dove...)
3	Masau Ngunguli (Flamingos... As Many As You Are...)
4	Kyungu Vuthu (A Hollow Well...)
5	Ninyie Mbiti (I Am Hyena...)
6	Lulu Kilya (Lulu, Lulu... Quiet...)
7	Ndaa (Mr. Ndaa, Gird Yourself Tightly...)
8	Mwene Atete (The Chameleon Walks Cautiously...)
9	Neeiwe Ni Asa (I Was Told By My Father...)
10	Kavuli Tutu (Dove, Hold My Baby For Me...)
11	Mwei Nuuya (The Moon Is Over There...)
12	Mbemba Na Makwasi (Maize And Potatoes...)
13	Atangwa (Atangwa Are The People That Ate A Dog...)

Notes

D. Nzomo and Chorus sing songs of folk origin, which embody moral messages and/or traditional wisdom. The songs have been slightly recomposed or re-arranged, but they capture and preserve the original melodies, rhythms and themes.

LP inludes a paper insert w. descriptive notes & lyrics

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Children's Songs from Kenya
David Nzomo FW07852 / FC 7852

D. N. Nzomo explains in the liner notes to Children’s Songs from Kenya that “music in traditional Africa has many functions. As a medium of education, it conveys accumulated wisdom from generation to generation.” Some of the songs on the 1975 album serve as allegories, while others are straightforward tunes for certain occasions, such as the harvest. They also embody the playfulness of children’s music. Liner notes include a written introduction to each song, which is also spoken at the beginning of each track, as well as song lyrics written in Swahili and English.

Country(s) Kenya
Keyword(s) Music--Juvenile; World music

Year of Recording 1975
Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Artist David Nzomo ; Design by Ron Norman

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