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The Garland Handbook of African Music Second Edition The Garland Handbook of African Music Second Edition Edited by Ruth M. Stone Indiana University, Bloomington First published 2000 by Garland Publishing, Inc. This edition published 2008 by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Simultaneously published in the UK by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2009. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk. The Garland Handbook of African Music second edition, is an abridged paperback edition of Africa, volume 1 of The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, with the addition of a new article, “Exploring African Music” as well as articles by Alex Perullo, Gregory Barz and Judah Cohen, Daniel B. Reed, Jeffrey A. Summit, Jane Goodman, and Clara Henderson. The Reed article is adapted from previous publication by Indiana University Press, used by permission. Unless otherwise noted, allinterior illustrations were provided by the authors of articles and sections in this Handbook. © 2000 Ruth M. Stone; 2008 Taylor & Francis All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data The Garland handbook of African music / [edited by] Ruth M. Stone p. cm. “Abridged paperback edition of Africa, volume 1 of The Garland encyclopedia of world music, with the addition of a new article, ‘Exploring African Music’ as well as articles by Alex Perullo, Gregory Barz and Judah Cohen, Daniel B. Reed, Jeffrey A. Summit, Jane Goodman, and Clara Henderson. Reed article is adapted from previous publication by Indiana University Press”—T.p. verso Includes bibliographical references and index. Discography: p. Filmography: p. ISBN 10: 0–415–96102–5 (pbk) ISBN 13: 978–0–41 5–96102–8 (pbk) ISBN 10: 0–203–92787–7 (ebk) ISBN 13: 978–0–203–92787–8 (ebk) 1. Music—Africa—History and criticism. 2. Folk music—Africa—History and criticism. I. Stone, Ruth M. II. Garland encyclopedia of world music. Vol. 1, Africa. ML350.G54 2008 780.96—dc22 2007047402 ISBN 0-203-92787-7 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 10: 0–415–96102–5 (pbk) ISBN 10: 0–203–92787–7 (ebk) ISBN 13: 978–0–415–96102–8 (pbk) ISBN 13: 978–0–203–92787–8 (ebk) TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Audio Examples ix List of Contributors xi Preface to the Second Edition xiii Acknowledgments xviii Orthography xix Part1 Introduction to African Music 1 Profile of Africa 2 Ruth M. Stone African Music in a Constellation of Arts 7 Ruth M. Stone Exploring African Music 13 Ruth M. Stone Part2 Issues and Processes in African Music 23 Notation and Oral Tradition 24 Kay Kaufman Shelemay Conceptions of Song: Ownership, Rights, and African Copyright Law 44 Alex Perullo Dance in Communal Life 54 Patience A. Kwakwa Islam in Liberia 63 Lester P. Monts v The Guitar in Africa 88 Andrew L. Kaye Kru Mariners and Migrants of the West African Coast 110 Cynthia Schmidt Popular Music in Africa 124 Angela Impey Music and HIV/AIDS in Africa 148 Gregory Barz and Judah Cohen Questions for Critical Thinking: Issues and Processes in African Music 160 Part3 Regional Case Studies 163 West Africa 164 West Africa: An Introduction 166 Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje Yoruba Popular Music 198 Christopher A. Waterman “The Tradition” and Identity in a Diversifying Context 216 Daniel B. Reed Questions for Critical Thinking: West Africa 237 North Africa 238 North Africa: An Introduction 240 Caroline Card Wendt Tuareg Music 258 Caroline Card Wendt From Village to Vinyl: Genealogies of New Kabyle Song 281 Jane E. Goodman Questions for Critical Thinking: North Africa 297 East Africa 298 East Africa: An Introduction 300 Peter Cooke Music and the Construction of Identity among the Abayudaya (Jewish People) of Uganda 312 Jeffrey A. Summit Questions for Critical Thinking: East Africa 325 Central Africa 326 Central Africa: An Introduction 328 Gerhard Kubik vi Contents Musical Life in the Central African Republic 362 Michelle Kisliuk Questions for Critical Thinking: Central Africa 378 Southern Africa 380 Southern Africa: An Introduction 382 John E. Kaemmer Popular Music in South Africa 406 David B. Coplan Dance and Gender as Contested Sites in Southern Malawian Presbyterian Churches 429 Clara E. Henderson Questions for Critical Thinking: South Africa 449 General Questions for the Whole Book 450 Glossary 451 A Guide to Publications 469 A Guide to Recordings 479 A Guide to Films and Videos 484 Notes on the Audio Examples 486 Index 491 Contents vii LIST OF AUDIO EXAMPLES The following examples are included on the accompanying compact disc packaged with this volume. Track numbers are also indicated on the pages listed below for easy reference to text discussions. Track Page reference 1 Kpelle Woi-meni-pele epic excerpt (Liberia) 9 2 Lidet Christmas celebration (Ethiopia) 25 3 Whispered song (Burundi) 34 4 Vai call to prayer (Liberia) 64 5 Palm-wine highlife song (Ghana) 105 6 HIV/AIDS music (Uganda) 154 7 Dan music (Côte d’Ivoire) 229 8 Anlo-Ewe kinka drumming (Ghana) 186 9 Anlo-Ewe kinka songs (Ghana) 186 10 Maninka mansareh balo praise son gs (Sierra Leone) 191 11 Bala patterns of Maninka mansareh balo praise song (Sierra Leone) 191 12 Maninka Duwa praise song (Sierra Leone) 191 13 Tuareg Tihadanaren (Algeria) 264 14 Tuareg takðmba song, “Khadisia” (Algeria) 273 15 Basoga song, “Enyhonyhi kolojo khumutiyeere” (Uganda) 302 16 Baganda song, “Gganga aluwa” (Uganda) 303 17 Abaudaya (Jewish) Music (Uganda) 320 18 Somali caayar, “dhaanto,” Excerpt A (Somalia) 307 19 Somali caayar, “dhaanto,” Excerpt B (Somalia) 307 20 Popular song, “Motike” (Central African Republic) 367 21 BaAka pygmy hunting song “Makala” (Central African Republic) 369 22 BaAka pygmy “god dance” song (Central African Republic) 375 23 Shona mbira song, “Tongore” (Zimbabwe) 399 24 Shona spirit song, “Nyama musango” (Zimbabwe) 399 25 Mvamo dance song (Malawi) 442 ix

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The Garland Handbook of African Music is comprised of essays from The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Volume 1, Africa, (1997). Revised and updated, the essays offer detailed, regional studies of the different musical cultures of Africa and examine the ways in which music helps to define the id
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