AFRICAN MUSIC VoLUME 9 2011 NUMBER 1
AFRICAN MUSIC
Jo URNAl o F t h e INte RNAt Io NAl lI bRARy o F AFRICAN MUSIC
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1. CHoPI TIMBILA MUSIC
Andrew Tracey ...Mozambique ...7 2. THE XHoSA UMRHUBHE MoUTHBoW: AN EXTRAoRDINARY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Dave Dargie ...South Africa ...31 3. JoSHUA PULUMo MoHAPELoA AND THE HERITAGE oF AFRICAN SoNG
Christine Lucia ...l esotho ...56 4. PoLITICS AND PoPULAR SoNG: YoUTH, AUTHoRITY, AND PoPULAR MUSIC IN EAST AFRICA
Alex Perullo ...t anzania...87 5. GoSPEL MUSIC VIDEoS IN THE CoUNTER-MEMoRY oF PoST-NATIoN IDENTITY IN KENYA
Jean Ngoya Kidula ...Kenya ...116 6. DIASPoRIC JELIYA AS A CoLLABoRATIVE TRADE IN NEW YoRK CITY
David Racanelli ...New york City, Mali, Senegal... 136 7. ‘DoING IT WITH STYLE’: AN ETHNoPoETIC STUDY oF IMPRoVISATIoN AND VARIATIoN IN SoUTHERN
EWE DRUM LANGUAGE CoNVERSATIoNS
James Burns ...g hana ... 154 8. SoUNDS oF DEVELoPMENT? RACE, AUTHENTICITY AND TRADITIoN AMoNG DAGARA FEMALE
MUSICIANS IN NoRTHWESTERN GHANA
Sidra Lawrence ...g hana ... 206 9. WEST AFRICAN WoMEN IN MUSIC: AN ANALYSIS oF SCHoLARSHIP
Angela Scharfenberger ...g hana ... 221
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INte RNAt Io NAl l IbRARy o F AFRICAN MUSIC Rh ode S UNIVe RSIty
Director and Editor
Prof. Diane Thram, Ph.D. (Indiana University)
e ditorial board Prof. Kofi Agawu, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Prof. Daniel Avorgbedor, School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT Prof Christopher Ballantine, Fellow of the University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban Prof. Eric Charry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Prof. Veit Erlmann, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Prof. Deborah Kapchan, New York University, New York, NY Prof. Jaco Kruger, North-West University, Potchefstrom Prof. David Locke, Tufts University, Boston, MA Prof. Meki Nzewi, University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Dr. Patricia opondo, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban Dr. Janet Topp-Fargion, British Museum, London
Prof. Emeritus Andrew Tracey, Rhodes University, Grahamstown
African Music (ISSN 0065-4019) is an annual peer-reviewed journal published by the International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, P.o. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa. The journal publishes original articles, not previously published, pertaining to contextualized studies of African music and related arts.
The editor welcomes submissions of article manuscripts and book, website, film, CD and DVD reviews. Submissions should be sent as MSWord documents via email to the editor at [email protected] and follow guidelines established by the Chicago Manual of Style. Requests for advertising in the journal should be addressed to the editor at [email protected]
Readers are encouraged to access the ILAM website (www.ilam.ru.ac.za) for a complete listing with contents pages of all previously published issues of African Music since its inception in 1954. Print or electronic copies of back issues and/or scans of individual articles are available upon request.
Front cover: ‘Magenge’, Njele rattle player, performing with Venancio Mbande’s timbila orchestra at Wildebeesfontein Mine, Rustenburg, South Africa in 1993 prior to their European tour with Andrew Tracey (ILAM photo).
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AFRICAN MUSIC
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF AFRICAN MUSIC
VOLUME 9 2011 NUMBER 1
CONTENTS
1. FROM THE EDITOR ... 4 2. CHOPI TIMBILA MUSIC
Andrew Tracey ...Mozambique ... 7 3. THE XHOSA UMRHUBHE MOUTHBOW: AN EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL
INSTRUMENT
Dave Dargie ...South Africa ...31 4. JOSHUA PULUMO MOHAPELOA AND THE HERITAGE OF AFRICAN SONG
Christine Lucia ...Lesotho ... 56 5. POLITICS AND POPULAR SONG: YOUTH, AUTHORITY, AND POPULAR MUSIC
IN EAST AFRICA
Alex Perullo ...Tanzania ... 87 6. GOSPEL MUSIC VIDEOS IN THE COUNTER-MEMORY OF POST-NATION
IDENTITY IN KENYA
Jean Ngoya Kidula ...Kenya ... 116 7. DIASPORIC JELIYA AS A COLLABORATIVE TRADE IN NEW YORK CITY
David Racanelli ...New York City, Mali, Senegal ...136 8. ‘DOING IT WITH STYLE’: AN ETHNOPOETIC STUDY OF IMPROVISATION
AND VARIATION IN SOUTHERN EWE DRUM LANGUAGE CONVERSATIONS James Burns ...Ghana ...154 9. SOUNDS OF DEVELOPMENT? RACE, AUTHENTICITY, AND TRADITION
AMONG DAGARA FEMALE MUSICIANS IN NORTHWESTERN GHANA
Sidra Lawrence ...Ghana ...206 10. WEST AFRICAN WOMEN IN MUSIC: AN ANALYSIS OF SCHOLARSHIP
Angela Scharfenberger ...Ghana ...221
BOOK REVIEWS
1. Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje, Fiddling In West Africa: Touching the Spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagamba Culture.
Paul Schauert ... 247
2. Gerhard Kubik, Theory of African Music Volumes I and II. Mandy Carver ... 250
3. Deborah Kapchan, Traveling Spirit Masters: Moroccan Gnawa and Music in the Global Marketplace. Lee Watkins ...252
4. Frank Gunderson, Sukuma Labor Songs from Western Tanzania: “We Never Sleep, We Dream of Farming”. Imani Sanga ...255
WEBSITE REVIEW 1. Steven Feld, VoxLox Media. www.voxlox.net Paul Schauert ...258
CD REVIEWS 1. D.O. Misiani and Shirati Jazz, The King of History: Classic 1970s Beats from Kenya. Ian Eagleson ... 263
2. Issa Juma and Super Wanyika Stars, World Defeats the Grandfathers: Swinging Swahili Rumba 1982-1986. Ian Eagleson ... 263
DVD REVIEW 1. Jacques Sarasin, On The Rumba River. Mandy Carver ...269
CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE ...271
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES ...273
PUBLICATIONS OF ILAM ...274
TRACKLIST ... 278 The opinions expressed by contributors are personal and are not necessarily those of
the International Library of African Music.
