Tony Barros wrote: On the origins of Malaika, a Radio Tanzania music broadcaster once told me that "Malaika originated in Tanzania. I told her that since Fadhili wrote it, its origins were in Kenya. Your findings now lead credence to her earlier suggestion. Thanks for enlightening me on this score.
---------- Francis Rodrigues wrote earlier: A few years ago, whilst researching early folk-music of East Africa with Philip Mundey (through a Ford Foundation grant to Kenya Consrvatoire) with particular emphasis on the Wahadzabe, we established that "Malaika" was indeed a well-known traditional Tanzanian folk-melody. ----------- I would appreciate if Francis, or anyone else in the know, could let us know more about the study mentioned above and how exactly they arrived at the conclusion - and most importantly where I can read more about this study. Cheers! Cecil ====
