Music in East Africa : Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture Multiple-component retail product
by Gregory (Assistant Professor, Blair School of Music, and Affiliate Faculty of African American Barz
Part of the Global Music Series series
Multiple-component retail product
Description
These captivating case studies include eyewitness accounts of performances, interviews with performers, and vivid illustrations.
Each volume is packaged with a 70-minute CD that contains representative examples of the music discussed in the book. Ngoma is the hallmark of music in East Africa and a performance that incorporates drumming, singing, and dancing.
Using several towns and villages as examples, this case study discusses how Ngoma performances function as important means of mediating conflicts, solidifying community and ethnicity, and communicating traditional values and social histories.
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- Format:Multiple-component retail product
- Pages:160 pages, numerous halftones & music examples
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:25/03/2004
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- ISBN:9780195141528
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Item not Available
- Format:Multiple-component retail product
- Pages:160 pages, numerous halftones & music examples
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:25/03/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195141528
