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Fiddling in West Africa : touching the spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures / Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje

DjeDje, Jacqueline Cogdell [Verfasser]

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2008

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (ix, 337 pages) : Illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references, discography and index

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

978-0-253-00009-5 ; 0-253-00009-2 ; 978-0-253-34924-8

LS 46418

 

Westafrika  Fidel  Kultur  Geschichte 

 

Fiddling has had a lengthy history in Africa which has long been ignored. Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje corrects this oversight with an expansive study on fiddling in the Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures of West Africa. DjeDje not only explains the history of the instrument itself, but also discusses the processes of stylistic transference and adaptation, suggesting how these may have contributed to differing performance practices. Additionally, DjeDje delves into the music, the performance context, the mu.