Music as an element of Mizuka, a vehicle for healing among the Wamakonde of Mtwara rural district, Tanzania

This study provides information on the music traditions of mizuka, a vehicle for physical and emotional healing among the Wamakonde of the Mtwara rural district in Tanzania. It assists the reader to visualize the way music is used in the healing process. The purpose is to provide information that may define mizuka as an element of Makonde culture, to determine some healing effect that may be caused by mizuka music, to identify some musical characteristics observed in the music traditions of mizuka and to distinguish some presentation/performance situations of the music traditions of mizuka that may enable physical and emotional healing for the Wamakonde. Chapter one focuses on general ideas on the power of healing music. It streamlines objectives, guiding questions and the importance of this study. Chapter two reviews various literatures on the Wamakonde and music and healing. Chapter three explains the selected methodology that was used to obtain data for this study. Chapter four focuses on answering the research questions. The chapter provides information obtained from research data on mizuka healing-music. Chapter Five closes the study by presenting a summary, conclusion and recommendation. In Appendices there is addition information related to the research questions. At the end of this study there is two attached DVD the first one contains some interviews and all stages of in-door and out-doors mizuka healing-music performances and the second one contain songs.