Research Catalog

Title

Songs and tales from the Dark Continent : recorded from the singing and the sayings of C. Kamba Simango, Ndau tribe, Portuguese East Africa, and Madikane Čele, Zulu tribe, Natal, Zululand, South Africa.

Author

Burlin, Natalie Curtis, 1875-1921.

Publication

• New York : G. Schirmer, [1920]
• ©1920

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Details

Additional Authors

• Simango, C. Kamba
• Čele, Madikane

Description

xxv pages, 170 pages : illustrations, music, plates, portraits; 27 cm

Subject

• Ndau (African people) > Music
• Ndau (African people) > Folklore
• Zulu (African people) > Music
• Zulu (African people) > Folklore
• Bantu-speaking peoples > Folklore
• Songs, Ndau
• Songs, Ndau > History and criticism
• Songs, Zulu > History and criticism

Note

• Music: pages 81-149.

Reproduction (note)

• Photocopy.

Contents

Introduction.--C. Kamba Simango.--Simango's letter to the reader.--Proverbs, beliefs and customs, songs and tales of the Ndau tribe, East Africa.--Madikane Cele.--Songs and tales of the Zulu tribe, South Africa.--Simango's farewell to the reader.--Chindau's songs [with the music] (p. [79]-129).--Zulu songs [with the music] (p. [131]-149).--Appendix.

Call Number

Sc F 17-439 [Original, please use copy]

LCCN

15000086

OCLC

84442786

Author

Burlin, Natalie Curtis, 1875-1921.

Title

Songs and tales from the Dark Continent : recorded from the singing and the sayings of C. Kamba Simango, Ndau tribe, Portuguese East Africa, and Madikane Čele, Zulu tribe, Natal, Zululand, South Africa.

Publisher

New York : G. Schirmer, [1920]

Copyright Date

©1920

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Reproduction

Photocopy. Emerson, N.J. : Ocker & Trapp for the New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 2002.

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Added Author

Simango, C. Kamba, performer.

Čele, Madikane, performer.

Research Call Number

Sc 784.4-B (Burlin, N. Songs and tales) [Copy]