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A rose without thorns
The song Waridi lisilo miba (both lyrics and music)
was composed in 1960 by Seif Selim, a member of the
taarab club Akhwan Safaa and a great artist. It was
performed by Hussein bin Ali and the orchestra of
the Zanzibari Taarab’s National Group (Kikundi cha
Taifa cha Taarab).The Verba Africana series publishes video recording of African verbal arts on
CDRom's, DVD’s and the Internet. This series responds to the increasing need for
new electronic tools that integrate the written and audio-visual materials for
research, teaching and learning of African languages and oral literatures. The video
recording of oral genres, such as poems, songs and tales, is integrated into the
presentation of relevant aspects (language, form, content, performance, literary,
social and historical context). The videos and the accompanying material (short
information and full articles) allow researchers and the interested public to
approach oral literary productions as ‘total event’.NWO, The Netherlands Organisation for
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Kijiti
The Swahili song Kijiti, whose text was composed by
the famous taarab artist Siti binti Saad (1898-1950) to
express her anger about the abuses committed
against women that often remained unpunished. It is
performed by the udi player Said Nassor and the old
taarab singer Bi Kidude.The Verba Africana series publishes video recording of African verbal arts on
CDRom's, DVD’s and the Internet. This series responds to the increasing need for
new electronic tools that integrate the written and audio-visual materials for
research, teaching and learning of African languages and oral literatures. The video
recording of oral genres, such as poems, songs and tales, is integrated into the
presentation of relevant aspects (language, form, content, performance, literary,
social and historical context). The videos and the accompanying material (short
information and full articles) allow researchers and the interested public to
approach oral literary productions as ‘total event’.NWO, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Researc
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Documenting Karamojong Oral Culture in Hamburg
Interview with Luisa Nativi. In this inteview Luisa
Nativi performs and translates a number of songs
and tales of the Karamojong (Uganda)The Verba Africana series publishes video recording of African verbal arts on
CDRom's, DVD’s and the Internet. This series responds to the increasing need for
new electronic tools that integrate the written and audio-visual materials for
research, teaching and learning of African languages and oral literatures. The video
recording of oral genres, such as poems, songs and tales, is integrated into the
presentation of relevant aspects (language, form, content, performance, literary,
social and historical context). The videos and the accompanying material (short
information and full articles) allow researchers and the interested public to
approach oral literary productions as ‘total event’.NWO, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Researc
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Song: Making flour
In this inteview Luisa Nativi performs and translates
a number of songs and tales of the Karamojong
(Uganda)The Verba Africana series publishes video recording of African verbal arts on
CDRom's, DVD’s and the Internet. This series responds to the increasing need for
new electronic tools that integrate the written and audio-visual materials for
research, teaching and learning of African languages and oral literatures. The video
recording of oral genres, such as poems, songs and tales, is integrated into the
presentation of relevant aspects (language, form, content, performance, literary,
social and historical context). The videos and the accompanying material (short
information and full articles) allow researchers and the interested public to
approach oral literary productions as ‘total event’.NWO, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Researc
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Hogbetsotso festival and migration stories
In this fragment Dr. Datey-Kumodzie recollects the
historical migration of the Ewes and offers songs
related to the festival. The organization of the
Hogbetsotso festival is presented and interpreted as
well as the dance and song enacting the migration
storiesThe Verba Africana series publishes video recording of African verbal arts on
CDRom's, DVD’s and the Internet. This series responds to the increasing need for
new electronic tools that integrate the written and audio-visual materials for
research, teaching and learning of African languages and oral literatures. The video
recording of oral genres, such as poems, songs and tales, is integrated into the
presentation of relevant aspects (language, form, content, performance, literary,
social and historical context). The videos and the accompanying material (short
information and full articles) allow researchers and the interested public to
approach oral literary productions as ‘total event’.NWO, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Researc
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Songs
In this fragment Dr. Datey-Kumodzie performs a
number of songs related to the Hogbetsotso festival
and Ewe migration stories. The songs are translated
by Dr. Datey-Kumodzie in the interview, according
to his thesis and his manuscript Hu-Yehweh, The
Eternal Wisdom of Africa.The Verba Africana series publishes video recording of African verbal arts on
CDRom's, DVD’s and the Internet. This series responds to the increasing need for
new electronic tools that integrate the written and audio-visual materials for
research, teaching and learning of African languages and oral literatures. The video
recording of oral genres, such as poems, songs and tales, is integrated into the
presentation of relevant aspects (language, form, content, performance, literary,
social and historical context). The videos and the accompanying material (short
information and full articles) allow researchers and the interested public to
approach oral literary productions as ‘total event’.NWO, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Researc
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