ISBN:
159213419X
,
1592134203
,
9781592134199
,
9781592134205
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 209 p.
,
ill, maps, ports
,
23cm
Additional Material:
1 CD-ROM(4 3/4 in.)
Series Statement:
African soundscapes
DDC:
786.91629632140663
Keywords:
Wolof (African people) Music
;
History and criticism
;
Wolof (African people) Social life and customs
;
Percussion ensembles History and criticism
;
Music Social aspects
;
Griots
;
Wolof (African people) Senegal
;
Music
;
History and criticism
;
Wolof (African people) Senegal
;
Social life and customs
;
Percussion instruments Senegal
;
History and criticism
;
Music Social aspects
;
Senegal
;
Griots Senegal
;
Senegal
;
Musik
;
Griot
;
Wolof
;
Musik
;
Griot
;
Senegal
;
Schlaginstrumentenmusik
Description / Table of Contents:
You will be griot in another way : the ethnomusicologist's story -- There once was a king called Maysa Waaly Jon : sabar history, instruments, ensemble and sound -- The griot lineage, we are one : Wolof caste and identity -- My foreparents used to beat the drums : Wolof family, kinship, and musical genealogy -- If a snake bites you, you will think of death : sabar repertories -- Dancing fish and rice : performance contexts -- The pax you play is so sweet : the role of sabar in mbalax
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Formerly CIP
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006020196.html
