Music and Coexistence: A Journey across the World in Search of Musicians Making a Difference

229 Pages·2014·3.31 MB·English

by  Osseily Hanna

Music and Coexistence

Music and Coexistence
A Journey across the World in Search
of Musicians Making a Difference
Osseily Hanna
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
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Copyright © 2015 by Osseily Hanna
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Hanna, Osseily, 1978– author.
Music and coexistence : a journey across the world in search of musicians making a
difference / Osseily Hanna.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4422-3753-7 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4422-3754-4 (ebook) 1.
Music—Social aspects. 2. Musicians. I. Title.
ML3916.H37 2015
780.9'05—dc23 2014026166
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Printed in the United States of America
To all of the musicians in this book

Contents
List of Abbreviations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xvii
Part I. Music and Social Inclusion
1 Songs of Fraternity (Turkey) 3
2 Rapping for Peace and Equality, G-town (Shuafat
Refugee Camp) 15
3 Where There Is Gold (South Africa) 27
4 Albino Revolution Cultural Troupe (Tanzania) 41
5 Oaxacan Women (Mexico) 53
Interlude 1: Argentine Tango 65
Part II. Music and War
6 Notes from a Divided Island (Ireland) 73
7 The Art of Making Music in a Divided City (Kosovo) 85
8 Life after the Genocide (Rwanda) 97
9 Khmer Magic Music Bus (Cambodia) 109
Interlude 2: Arto, Yas¸ar, and Komitas (Anatolia) 121
Part III. Music Education Programs
10 Heartbeat: Amplifying Youth Voices (Israel) 129
11 Poetry, Samba, and Soul (Brazil) 145
12 Mariachis in Texas (United States of America) 159
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Postscript: Bukra fi Mishmish (When the Impossible Becomes Possible) 173
Glossary 179
Directory 183
Bibliography 185
Index 197
About the Author 207
List of Abbreviations
ARCT Albino Revolution Cultural Troupe
CLA Cambodian Living Arts (organization based in Phnom Penh
dedicated to the transformation of Cambodia through the arts)
FRTP Fund for Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Peace
NGO nongovernmental organization
PSS Poesía, Samba, Soul (Poetry, Samba, and Soul)
PWA person with albinism
RAU Rand Afrikaans University
Soweto South Western Township, located southwest of Johannesburg,
South Africa
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization
UNICTR United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
UNT University of North Texas
UNWRA United Nations Relief and Works Agency
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