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AFRICAN MUSIC
J O U R N A L OF TH E IN T E R N A T I O N A L L I B R A R Y OF A F R I C A N MUSI C
International L ibrary o f A frican M usic (ILA M ), R hodes U niversity, South A frica
INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OL ALRICAN MUSIC
RHODES UNIVERSITY
Director and Editor
Prof. Diane Thram, Ph.D. (Indiana University)
Editorial Board Prof. Kofi Agawu, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA Prof. Willie Anku, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Prof. Daniel Avorgbedor, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Prof Christopher Ballantine, University of KwaZuluNatal, Durban, RSA Prof. Eric Charry, Wesleyan University, Middleton, CT, USA
Prof. Veit Erlmann, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA Prof. Jaco Kruger, North-West University, Potchefstrom, RSA Prof. David Locke, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA Prof. Meki Nzewi, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, RSA
Dr. Patricia Opondo, University of KwaZuluNatal, Durban, RSA Dr. Janet Topp-Fargion, British Library Sound Archive, London. UK Prof. Emeritus Andrew Tracey, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, RSA
African Music (ISSN 0065-4019) is an annual peer-reviewed journal published by the International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, PO. 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, film, CD and DVD reviews. Submissions should be sent as Word documents via email to the editor at d.tlu-am@ru.ac.za and follow guidelines established by the Chicago Manual of Style. Requests for advertising in the journal should be addressed to the editor at d.tlu-am@ru.ac.za
Readers are encomaged 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: Photograph of Dagomba drum elder, Sanarigu Tahi-naa Yakubu © .Amanda Fencl
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AFRICAN MUSIC
JO URNAL OF THE INTERNATIO NAL LIBRARY OF A FR IC A N M USIC
V OLUM E 8 2009 N U M B ER 3
CO N TENTS
1. I ROM TIIH E D IT O R ... 4 2. CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE ...6
3. SIMULTANEOUS MULTIDIMENSIONALITY IN AFRICAN MUSIC:
MUSICAL CUBISM
David L o c k e ...Ghana...8
4. DRUMMING AMONG THE AKAN AND ANLO EWE OF GHANA:
AN INTRODUCTION
Willie A nkn...Ghana...38 5. CARRYING SPIRIT IN SONG: MUSIC AND THE MAKING OF ANCESTORS
AT ZEZURUKUROVA GUVA CEREMONIES
Jennifer W. K y k er...Z im b a b w e...65
6. MAKING VIOLENCE ORDINARY: RADIO, MUSIC AND THE RWANDAN
GENOCIDE
Jason McCoy...R w a n d a... 85
7. ON THE MUSICAL PATTERNING OF SCULPTED WORDS: EXPLORING
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MELODY AND METRE IN A SOMALI POETIC FORM
Fiacha O' Dubhda...Somalia... 97 8. FROM ‘NOMA KUMNYAMA" TO "PATA PATA": A HISTORY
R obA llingham ...South A frica... 117
9. TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESSES IN MUZIKI WAINJILI IN DAR ES
SALAAM
Imani Sanga...Tanzania... 132 10. LOCATING HOPE IN PERFORMANCE: LESSONS FROM EDWARD
KABUYE
Kathleen J. Noss-Van Buren . . K enya... 144 BOOK REVIEWS
1. Jurgen Schopf, The Serankure and Music in Tlokweng, Botswana
Andrew T ra c e y ... 162 2. Carol A. Muller, Focus: Music o f South Africa
Andrew T ra c e y ... 163
3. Marissa J. Moorman, Intonations. A Social History> o f Music and Nation in Luanda, Angola, from 1945 to Recent Times
Veit E rlm ann...164
4. Bob W. White, Rumba Rides: The Politics o f Dance Music in Mobutu s Zaire Veit E rlm ann...166
5 James Bums, Female Voices from an Ewe Dance-Drumming Community> in Ghana: Our Music Has Become a Divine Spirit Sidra L aw rence...168
CD REVIEWS 1. Kitcffe Peter H o e sin g ...174
2. Throw Down Your Heart: Tales from the Acoustic Planet Vol. 3, the Africa Sessions Ben Krakauer...176
NEWS FROM IL A M ...178
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES... 182
TRACKLIST... 185
The opinions expressed by contributors are personal and are not necessarily those of the International Library of African Music
