The Garland Handbook of African Music (Garland Handbooks of World Music)

522 Pages·2008·4.02 MB·English

by  Ruth M. Stone

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
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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