Music in West Africa : Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture Multiple-component retail product
by Ruth M. (Professor at Folklore Institute and African Studies; and Adjunct Professor, School o Stone
Part of the Global Music Series series
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Description
This book introduces the musical traditions of West Africa and discusses the diversity, motifs, and structure of West African music within the larger patterns of the region's culture.
Drawing upon the author's extensive fieldwork, it explores how the music's complex rhythmic combinations in fast-paced patterns and quick, tightly orchestrated movements influence how West Africans understand themselves and their culture.
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- Format:Multiple-component retail product
- Pages:128 pages, 13 halftones, 1 map & 3 line illus.
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:10/06/2004
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- ISBN:9780195145007
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Item not Available
- Format:Multiple-component retail product
- Pages:128 pages, 13 halftones, 1 map & 3 line illus.
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:10/06/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195145007
