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Prof. Stanley Glasser, Goldsmiths College, London Kishilo w’ltunga, Belgium
Dr. Gerhard Kubik, Vienna
Prof. Khabi Mngoma, University of Zululand Morias Domingos, Museu de Etnologia, Lisbon
Kazadi wa Mukuna, Washington D.C.
Maria Muyinda, Kampala Dr. George Nurse, Papua New Guinea M. Omibiyi-Obidike, University of Ibadan
Dr. David Rycroft, S.O.A.S., London Dr. Kilza Setti, Brazil
Prof. Dr. Artur Simon, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin Dr. Mitchell Strumpf, University of Malawi
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Automation comes to African music! ‘Sholisho’, a mobile music puppet, sits behind his microphone and his MUSIC sign, on the verandah of a house in Chileka, Malawi, wait
ing for his owner to come and push him into action, his hand really striking the strings of the banjo and the drums being beaten. He was designed and made by 14 year old Bruce Mwachiwambo, of Chileka. Photograph by Moya Aliya Malamusi.
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CONTENTS
page A Wo r d f r o m t h e Ed i t o r... 3
1. Th e Co n s t r u c t i o na n d Ma n i p u l a t i o n o f Te m p o r a l St r u c t u r e s i n Ye v e Cu l t Mu s i c.- a Mu l t i-d i m e n s i o n a l Ap p r o a c h
D aniel A v o x g b ed o r... Ghana . . . 4 2. Cl a s s i f i c a t i o n o f Ig b o Mu s i c a l In s t r u m e n t s, Ni g e r i a
J. N. Lo-Bamijoko ... Nigeria . . . 1 9 3. Id o m a Mu s ic a l In s t r u m e n t s
Roger B l e n c h ... ... . Nigeria . . . 4 2 4. Af r i c a n Sp a c e/t i m e Co n c e p t sa n d t h e Tu s o n a Id e o g r a p h s
i n Lu c h a z i Cu l t u r e, w it h a Di s c u s s i o no f Po s s ib l e Cr o s s
p a r a l l e l s i n Mu s ic
i G erhard K u b i k ...N. W. Zambia,
E. A ngola. . 5 3
5. Es e Mu s i c-. Ho n o u r sf o r t h e De a d -. St a t u s f o r t h e Sp o n s o r
Meki Nzewi ...Nigeria . . . 9 0 6. Un e An a l y s e d el a ‘Me s s e Ka t a n g a i s e’ d e Jo s e p h Kiw e l e
Kishilo w’ltunga ...Zaire . . . 1 0 8 7. Ch i l d r e n’s Music o ft h e Sh a n g a n a-Ts o n g a
Thom as F . J o h n s t o n ... Mozambique,
South Africa . . 1 2 6
8. Gi r i a m aa n d Di g o Da n c e St y l e s
Valerie A . B r i g i n s h a w ... Kenya . . . 1 4 4 9. Re v i e w s... 1 5 5 10. No t e sa n d Ne w s ...1 7 1 11. Co n t r i b u t o r st o t h i s Is s u e ... 1 0 7 12. Co n t r i b u t i o n s t o‘Af r i c a n Mu s i c’... 8 9 13. MAP AND ORIGIN O F A R T I C L E S ...Outside Back Cover
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