Tuareg 'ezelay' (male sung heroic ballad) (T5A)
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Title:
Tuareg 'ezelay' (male sung heroic ballad) (T5A)
Alternate Title:
T5A Tuareg 'ezelay' (male sung heroic ballad)
Creator:
Oxby, Clare ( contributor )
Place of Publication:
[London]
Publisher:
Clare Oxby
Publication Date:
Language:
English

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Tuaregs -- Social life and customs ( lcsh )
Folk songs ( lcsh )
Folk dance music ( lcsh )
Ballads ( lcsh )
Ezelay (Song)
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Niger -- Maradi Region -- Dakoro Department -- Gadabedji
Coordinates:
14.98851833 x 7.285277667

Notes

Abstract:
All songs by an enad (smith) Marteau’s nephew ( en )
General Note:
Continued by [audio title]: T5B Tuareg 'ezelay' (male sung heroic ballad)
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Languge: Tamashek
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Date of recording: Rainy season (summer) 1974
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Location: Nomadic camp near Gadabeji. between Maradi and Agadez, Niger
General Note:
Occasion: Marteau's nephew was visiting the camp, he had a reputation for excellence in singing 'ezelay' (heroic ballads), see [audio title] "T5B Tuareg 'ezelay' (male sung heroic ballad)". Marteau called me to bring my tape recorder, he knew I was interested in these performances. Moving occasions, with spontaneous approval, including yodelling by women, from the enthralled group that spontaneously gathered to listen under Marteau’s leather tent and metal workshop.
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Contributors: ‘inadan’ (blacksmiths) in nomadic camp
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Related: Oxby, Clare. Sexual division and slavery in a Twareg community : a study of dependence. (Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1978.) https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.467947/
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Oxby, Clare : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/70299390

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SOAS University of London
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