The Zimdancehall Revolution
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The Zimdancehall Revolution
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Author : Tanaka Chidora
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-12-09
The Zimdancehall Revolution written by Tanaka Chidora and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-09 with Music categories.
Zimdancehall is a musical movement in Zimbabwe that has grown significantly since 2010. The Zimdancehall Revolution brings together critical essays on various aspects of Zimdancehall culture by scholars from diverse disciplines. Traditionally, music critics and senior academics have not taken Zimdancehall seriously, regarding it as vulgar, transient, bubble gum, lacking depth, and in short, a fad. There were also allegations that the lyrics influenced factionalism, incited violence and glorified drug use and unbridled promiscuity among the youth. This book affords this movement the protracted intellectual engagement that it deserves and argues that Zimdancehall is more than just a musical genre but an everyday culture, a way of life. The genre’s close association with the ghetto is telling and enables critics to look at it as a social movement, a revolution, or a raw, petulant and raging disturbance of peace by those who live their lives on the margins. It is, thus, a violent irruption onto the public space by marginalised young people whose presence as artistes creating art from the margins, simultaneously as victims and agents, circulating in a geography that escapes the limits of nationalist ideological and physical territory, in a way subverts communitarian prescriptions and allows young people entry into the world, albeit in a painful, tumultuous and violent way. The essays range from the mapping of the genre’s historical development to theoretical interventions in understanding the genre and its relationship with various aspects of the Zimbabwean society like politics, gender, religion, language, dance, cultural values and other genres.
Zimdancehall Made Me
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Zimdancehall Made Me written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Dance halls categories.
Music And Politics
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Author : James Garratt
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019
Music And Politics written by James Garratt and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Music categories.
Changes our picture of how music and politics interact through a rigorous and wide-ranging reappraisal of the field.
The Postcolonial Condition Of Names And Naming Practices In Southern Africa
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Author : Tendai Mangena
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2016-08-17
The Postcolonial Condition Of Names And Naming Practices In Southern Africa written by Tendai Mangena and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-17 with Social Science categories.
The Postcolonial Condition of Names and Naming Practices in Southern Africa represents a milestone in southern African onomastic studies. The contributors here are all members of, and speakers of, the cultures and languages they write about, and, together, they speak with an authentic African voice on naming issues in the southern part of the African continent. The volume’s overarching thesis is that names are important yet often underestimated socio-politico-cultural sites on which some of the most significant events and processes in the post-colony can be read. The onomastic topics covered in the book range from the names of traditional healers and male aphrodisiacs to urban landscapes and street naming, from the interface between Chinese and African naming practices to the names of bands of musicians and mini-bus taxis. There is a strong section on literary onomastics which explores how names have been variously deployed by southern African fiction writers for certain semantic, aesthetic and ideological effects. The cultures and languages covered in this volume are equally wide-ranging, and, while some authors focus on single languages and cultures (for example Thembu, Xhosa, Shona), others look at inter-cultural influences such as the influence of the Portuguese and Chinese languages on Shona naming. Written by Professor Adrian Koopman Emeritus Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Musical Nationalism In Indonesia
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Author : Sharifah Faizah Syed Mohammed
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-04-21
Musical Nationalism In Indonesia written by Sharifah Faizah Syed Mohammed and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-21 with History categories.
This book charts the growth of the Indonesian nationalistic musical genre of lagu seriosa in relation to the archipelago's history in the 1950s and 1960s, examining how folk songs were implemented as a valuable tool for promoting government propaganda. The author reveals how the genre was shaped to fit state ideologies and agendas in the Sukarno and Soeharto eras. It also reveals the very significant role played by Radio Republik Indonesia in the genre’s development and dissemination. Little research has been done to investigate how Indonesian music contributed to nation-building during Indonesia’s immediate post-colonial period. Emulating the European art song, the genre was adapted to compose songs with the purpose of promoting a strengthened collective Indonesian identity, fostered by a group of musicians who functioned as gatekeepers, monitoring and devising various mechanisms for songs to conform to the propagandistic needs of the Indonesian government at the time. The result was the development of classical style of singing and the cultivation of a patriotic collection of music during the Guided Democracy period (1959–1965), which peaked at the height of the Konfrontasi (1963–1966). Lagu seriosa lost popularity as popular music infiltrated Indonesia in the 1970s, but it remains an iconic yet understudied aspect of the nationalistic agenda in Indonesia. The case studies of selected songs reflected continuity and change in musical style and over time. This book is of interest to scholars studying the intersection between history, politics, identity, arts and cultural studies in Indonesia. It is also of interest to researchers investigating the role of music in identity formation and nation-building more widely.
The Resurgence Of Military Coups And Democratic Relapse In Africa
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Author : Adeoye Akinola
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date :
The Resurgence Of Military Coups And Democratic Relapse In Africa written by Adeoye Akinola and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Dance Cultures Around The World
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Author : Lynn Frederiksen
language : en
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Release Date : 2023-07-14
Dance Cultures Around The World written by Lynn Frederiksen and has been published by Human Kinetics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-14 with Dance categories.
"Textbook for undergrad general education and dance courses on the topic of dance around the world. It serves as a gateway into studying world cultures through dance"--
African Philosophy And Thought Systems
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Author : Mawere, Munyaradzi
language : en
Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
Release Date : 2016-01-21
African Philosophy And Thought Systems written by Mawere, Munyaradzi and has been published by Langaa RPCIG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-21 with Philosophy categories.
The once acrimonious debate on the existence of African philosophy has come of age, yet the need to cultivate a culture of belonging is more demanding now than ever before in many African societies. The gargantuan indelible energised chicanery waves of neo-colonialism and globalisation and their sweeping effect on Africa demand more concerted action and solutions than cul-de-sac discourses and magical realism. It is in view of this realisation that this book was born. This is a vital text for understanding contextual historical trends in the development of African philosophic ideas on the continent and how Africans could possibly navigate the turbulent catadromous waters, tangled webs and chasms of destruction, and chagrin of struggles that have engrossed Africa since the dawn of slavery and colonial projects on the continent. The book aims to generate more insights and influence national, continental, and global debates in the field of philosophy. It is accessible and handy to a wider range of readers, ranging from educators and students of African philosophy, anthropology, African studies, cultural studies, and all those concerned with the further development of African philosophy and thought systems on the African continent.
Harvest Of Thorns
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Author : Shimmer Chinodya
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2018-02-01
Harvest Of Thorns written by Shimmer Chinodya and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-01 with Fiction categories.
The 1990 Commonwealth Writers Regional Prize voted Harvest of Thorns the winner in the Best Book category. Harvest of Thorns tells the story of Benjamin Tichafa who grows up in Rhodesia in the 1960s. From a conservative, religious family, but exposed to the heady ideas of the black nationalist movements, the young student is pulled in different directions. Isolated and troubled at boarding school, he is provoked into leaving, making his way to Mozambique, and joining the freedom fighters. There, in the crucible of a bitter civil war of liberation, the young man develops into manhood. Returning, hardened, at independence, he feels that little has changed, not least within his own family circumstances, and asks himself what it means to be free in the new Zimbabwe.
Arrest The Music
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Author : Tejumola Olaniyan
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2004-10-29
Arrest The Music written by Tejumola Olaniyan and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A bold and energetic close-up on one of Africa's most popular and controversial stars.