Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa

Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa
Author :
Publisher : African Books Collective
Total Pages : 421
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9789987081080
ISBN-13 : 9987081088
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa by : Kimani Njogu

Download or read book Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa written by Kimani Njogu and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2007-10-15 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa brings together important essays on songs and politics in the region and beyond. Through an analysis of the voices from the margins, the authors (contributors) enter into the debate on cultural productions and political change. The theme that cuts across the contributions is that songs are, in addition to their aesthetic appeal, vital tools for exploring how political and social events are shaped and understood by citizens. Urbanization, commercialization and globalization contributed to the vibrancy of East African popular music of the 1990s which was marked by hybridity, syncretism and innovativeness. It was a product of social processes inseparable from society, politics, and other critical issues of the day. The lyrics explored socials cosmology, worldviews, class and gender relations, interpretations of value systems, and other political, social and cultural practices, even as they entertained and provided momentary escape for audience members. Frustration, disenchantments, and emotional fatigue resulting from corrupt and dictatorial political systems that stifle the potential of citizens drove and still drive popular music in Eastern Africa as in most of Africa. Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa is an important addition to the study of popular culture and its role in shaping society.


Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa Related Books

Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa
Language: en
Pages: 421
Authors: Kimani Njogu
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-10-15 - Publisher: African Books Collective

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa brings together important essays on songs and politics in the region and beyond. Through an analysis of the voices from the
Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa
Language: en
Pages: 421
Authors: Kimani Njogu
Categories: Africa, Eastern
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: African Books Collective

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This volume brings together essays on songs and politics in the region of Eastern Africa and beyond. The theme that cuts across the contributions is that songs
East African Hip Hop
Language: en
Pages: 178
Authors: Mwenda Ntarangwi
Categories: Adolescent psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Hip hop music that empowers and engages youth in East Africa
Performing the Nation
Language: en
Pages: 436
Authors: Kelly Askew
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-07-28 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Since its founding in 1964, the United Republic of Tanzania has used music, dance, and other cultural productions as ways of imagining and legitimizing the new
Oral Literature in Africa
Language: en
Pages: 614
Authors: Ruth Finnegan
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09 - Publisher: Open Book Publishers

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. B