Performing the Nation
Swahili Music and Cultural Politics in Tanzania
Includes a Compact Disc
392 pages, 22 halftones, 5 maps, 4 line drawings, 25 tables, 1 CD 6 x 9
©
2002
Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology
Cloth $86.00
ISBN: 9780226029801
Published July 2002
Not for sale in Africa
Paper $40.00
ISBN: 9780226029818
Published July 2002
Not for sale in Africa
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Common Abbreviations
1. Arts of Governance
2. Tanga, Tanganyika, Tanzania
3. Of Ginger Ale and Orange Soda
4. Weighty Measures, Significant Glances: Taarab Performance and the Constitution of Social Relations
5. Cultural Revolution in Tanzania?
6. Competing Agendas: The Production of Tanzanian National Culture
7. Of Mwanyas and Multipartyism: Taarab Performance and the Tanzanian State
8. Conclusion: Cultural Policy by and for the People
Appendix A: Song Texts and Translations
Appendix B: Poem from Tanga Technical School
Appendix C: Notes on the Accompanying CD
Notes
Glossary of Swahili Terms
References
Discography
Song Index
General Index
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