Frank Gunderson

Sukuma Labor Songs from Western Tanzania

'we Never Sleep, We Dream of Farming'

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is an interpretive analysis of a collection of 335 song texts treated as primary historical sources. The collection highlights the cultural practices that link music with labor in Sukuma communities in northwestern Tanzania.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 159mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 828g
• ISBN-13: 9789004184688
• ISBN-10: 9004184686
• Artikelnr.: 29469233

Autorenporträt

Frank Gunderson, Ph.D. (1999), is Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology at Florida State University. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in Tanzania, and has produced the CD Tanzania: Farmer Composers of North West Tanzania (Multicultural Media, 1997). He has published articles and reviews in Ethnomusicology and Africa Today, is a recent guest editor of The World of Music, and has co-edited the book Mashindano!: Competitive Music Performance in East Africa (Mkukina Nyota Press/African Books Collective LTD, 2000).