Twenga and Mapendo Songs: Ancestral and Fishing Protection Explanations

A 39.4 KB dataset from figshare, last updated on 2026-06-03. It contains explanations of two songs, Twenga and Mapendo, provided by women in 2022. The songs are about ancestors and asking for protection during fishing (kutanda), authored by Marie-Annick Moreau.

Use Cases

• Analyzing song meaning and cultural context based on the described themes of ancestors and fishing protection.
• Studying oral tradition transmission based on explanations provided by community members.
• Researching linguistic and cultural practices around fishing rituals based on the song content.

Strengths

• Dataset is licensed CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0, allowing for non-commercial sharing and adaptation.
• File format is EAF (ELAN Annotation Format), which is a standard for time-aligned annotations of audio/video.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 39.4 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Likely contains audio recordings and textual explanations of songs.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 12:30:56; freshness should be verified.