African Music, Power, and Being in Colonial Zimbabwe
(Part of the African Expressive Cultures Series)
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In this new history of music in Zimbabwe, Mhoze Chikowero deftly uses African sources to interrogate the copious colonial archive, reading it as a confessional voice along and against the grain to write a complex history of music, colonialism, and African self-liberation. Chikowero's book begins in the 1890s with missionary crusades against African performative cultures and African students being inducted into mission bands, which contextualize...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:025301803X
ISBN13:9780253018038
Release Date:November 2015
Publisher:Indiana University Press (Ips)
Length:364 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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