| Kwayas, Kandas, Kiosks
(Barz) Glossary |
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| Chakacha | See mchiriku |
| Daladala | A bus or mini-van, a mode of transportation |
| Dansi | Urban jazz dance music |
| Jazzi | Urban jazz dance music |
| Kabila (ma-) | Ethnic group, tribal identity |
| Kanda | Audio cassette tape |
| Katibu | Secretary of a kwaya |
| Kayamba | Reed-box rattle with dried seed inside |
| Kitenge | Cotton fabric or cloth with colorful prints |
| Kwaya | Kiswahili for "choir" |
| Kwasa Kwasa | Zairean popular dance music |
| Kwela | Urban dance music |
| Manyanga | Hollow gourd rattles filled with seeds and pebbles |
| Mapambio/pambio | Sung call-and-response kwaya piece, a chorus |
| Mchiriku | Youth band style, thought to be a revival of the earlier chakacha style |
| Mwalimu | Teacher, leader, conductor of a kwaya |
| Mwanakwaya (wana-) | A singer in a kwaya, literally a child of the kwaya |
| Mwanaratibu | Master of ceremony, lit., "child of the schedule" |
| Mwenyekiti | Chair Person of a kwaya |
| Ngoma | A drum, a dance in which a drum is used, also used as a general term for non-Western, traditional music (not making the distinction between dance and music) |
| Nyimbo | Songs or hymns, usually referring to European songs |
| Pambio | Singular of Mapambio |
| Safi | Literally, "fresh" |
| Sauti ya nne | Bass, lit. "fourth voice" |
| Soukous | Zairean popular dance music |
| Taarab | An East African coastal and Zanzibari musical performance tradition originally imported from Egypt |
| Uhuru | Tanzanian Independence, 1961 |
| Usharika | Congregation/community |
| Ushirika | Community |
| Ujamaa | Tanzania's specific post-Independence program of socialism |
| Vigelegele | Ululation, shout of joy by women |
| Vijana | Youth |