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.
- ISBN10 0195141512
- ISBN13 9780195141511
- Publish Date 26 February 2004
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English