VOLUME 8 2010 NUMBER 4
AFRICAN MUSIC
JO U R N A L OF T H E IN T E R N A T IO N A L L IB R A R Y OF A F R IC A N M U SIC
International Library of African Music (ILAM), Rhodes University, South Africa
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INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF AFRICAN MUSIC
RHODES UNIVERSITY
Director and Editor
Prof. Diane Hiram, Ph.D. (Indiana University)
Editorial Board
Prof. Kofi Agawu, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Prof. Daniel Avorgbedor, Humboldt University, Berlin
Prof Christopher Ballantine, Fellow o f the University o f KwaZulu Natal, Durban Prof. Deborah Kapchan, New York University, New York, NY
Prof. Eric Charry, W esleyan University, M iddletown, CT Prof. Veit Erlmann, University o f Texas, Austin, TX, USA Prof. Jaco Kruger, North-W est University, Potchefstrom Prof. David Locke, Tufts University, Boston, MA Prof. Meki Nzewi, University o f Pretoria, Pretoria
Dr. Patricia Opondo,University o f KwaZulu Natal, Durban Dr. Janet Topp-Fargion, British M useum, London
Prof. Emeritus Andrew Tracey, Rhodes University, Grahamstown
African Music (ISSN 0065-4019) is an annual peer-reviewed journal published by the International Library o f African M usic, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa. The journal publishes original articles, not previously published, pertaining to contextualized studies o f African m usic and related arts. The Editor welcom es submissions o f article manuscripts and book, film , CD and DVD reviews. Submissions should be sent as Word docum ents via em ail to the editor at [email protected] and follow guidelines established by the Chicago Manual o f 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 o f all previously published issues o f African Music since its inception in 1954. Print or electronic copies o f back issues and/or scans o f individual articles are available upon request.
Front cover photograph: Hugh Tracey recording a woman playing the umakhweyane bow, Nkanilim is kraal, Zululand, 1939 (ILAM photo).
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AFRICAN MUSIC
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF AFRICAN MUSIC
Published by
INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF AFRICAN MUSIC Rhodes University
Grahamstown 6140 South Africa
ISSN 0065-4019
All rights reserved
AFRICAN MUSIC
JO U R N A L O F T H E I N T E R N A T IO N A L L I B R A R Y O F A F R I C A N M U S IC
VOLUME 8 2010 NUMBER 4
CONTENTS
1. FROM THE EDITO R...4 2. TALKING BALAFONS
Hugo Zemp...C ote d’Iv o ire...6 3. KEEPING IT REAL: AMAXHOSA IIM BONGI M AKING MIMESIS DO ITS
THING IN THE HIP-HOP AND RAP MUSIC OF THE EASTERN CAPE Lee William Watkins...Sou th A fr ic a...24 4. THE EROTICIZATION OF BIKUTSI: RECLAIM ING FEMALE SPACE
THROUGH POPULAR M USIC AND MEDIA
Dennis M. Rathnaw...C am eroon...48 5. PARADING RESPECTABILITY: THE CHRISTMAS BANDS MOVEMENT IN
THE W ESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF SU BJECTIVITY
Sylvia Bruinders...Sou th A fr ic a...69 6. THE LALA KALIMBA: THE CORRELATION BETW EEN INSTRUMENT
AND STYLE
Marcel van D ijk...Z am bia... 84 7. CROSSING DIASPORA’S BORDERS: MUSICAL ROOTS EXPERIENCES AND
THE EURO-AMERICAN PRESENCE IN AFRO-CUBAN RELIGIOUS MUSIC Nolan Warden...U n ited S ta tes... 101 8. LIFE IS SHORT, ART AND SCHOLARSHIP ARE LONG: A TRIBUTE IN
MEMORY OF PROFESSOR WILLIE OSCAR ANKU
George D o r...G hana... 110
BOOK REVIEWS
1. Gerhard Kubik, Central African Guitar Song Composers, the Second and Third Generation
Andrew Tracey...124 2. Amanda Villepastour, Ancient Text Messages of the Yoruba Bata Drum Cracking
the Code
Gerhard Kubik 124
3. Earle H. Waugh, Memory, Music and Religion: Morocco’s Mystical Chanters
Lee W. Watkins...125
4. Michael Titlestad, Making the Changes: Jazz in South African Literature and Reportage Mark Lamanno...130
5. Imani Sanga, Sounds of Muziki wa Injili: Temporal and Spatial Aesthetics of Contemporary Church Music in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Marie Jorritsma...137
6. Mwenda Ntarangwi, East African Hip Hop: Youth Culture and Globalization Imani Sanga...139
DVD REVIEW 1. Hugo Zemp, Masters of the Balafon: Funeral Festivities, Friends Well Come! The Joy of Youth, The Wood and the Calabash Mandy Carver... 142
NEWS FROM ILAM ... 144
CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE... 146
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES... 147
PUBLICATIONS OF ILAM ... 148
TRACKLIST... 152
THe opinions expressed by contributors are personal and are not necessarily those of the International Library of African Music
