Performing the Nation Swahili Music and Cultural Politics in Tanzania

Name: Performing the Nation Swahili Music and Cultural Politics in Tanzania
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ISBN: 9780226029818

ISBN-10: 0226029816

ISBN-13: 9780226029818

Edition: 74th 2002

Authors: Kelly Askew

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Focusing on the politics surrounding Swahili performance, Kelly Askew demonstrates the crucial role of popular culture in Tanzania's history.

Book details

List price: $53.00
Edition: 74th
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/28/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 392
Size: 6.26" wide x 8.86" long x 1.15" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Tables


Acknowledgments


List of Common Abbreviations



Arts of Governance



Tanga, Tanganyika, Tanzania



Of Ginger Ale and Orange Soda



Weighty Measures, Significant Glances: Taarab Performance and the Constitution of Social Relations



Cultural Revolution in Tanzania?



Competing Agendas: The Production of Tanzanian National Culture



Of Mwanyas and Multipartyism: Taarab Performance and the Tanzanian State



Conclusion: Cultural Policy by and for the People



Song Texts and Translations



Poem from Tanga Technical School



Notes on the Accompanying CD


Notes


Glossary of Swahili Terms


References


Discography


Song Index


General Index