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    The Garland handbook of African music / edited by Ruth M. Stone.

    • Title:The Garland handbook of African music / edited by Ruth M. Stone.
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    • Variant Title:African music
    • Related Title:Garland encyclopedia of world music. Vol. 1, Africa.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Stone, Ruth M.
    • Published/Created:New York : Routledge, 2008.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Music--Africa--History and criticism.
      Folk music--Africa--History and criticism.
    • Edition:2nd ed.
    • Description:xix, 501 p. : ill., maps, music ; 26 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
    • Notes:"Abridged paperback edition of Africa, volume 1 of The Garland encyclopedia of world music, with the addition of a new article, 'Exploring African Music' as well as articles by Alex Perullo, Gregory Barz and Judah Cohen, Daniel B. Reed, Jeffrey A. Summit, Jane Goodman, and Clara Henderson. Reed article is adapted from previous publication by Indiana University Press"--Title page verso.
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-478) and index.
      Discography: pages 479-483.
      Filmography: pages 484-485.
    • ISBN:0415961025 (paper)
      9780415961028 (paper)
      0203927877 (ebk)
      9780203927878 (ebk)
    • Contents:Pt. 1. Introduction to African Music
      Profile of Africa / Ruth M. Stone
      African Music in a Constellation of Arts / Ruth M. Stone
      Exploring African Music / Ruth M. Stone
      Pt. 2. Issues and Processes in African Music
      Notation and Oral Tradition / Kay Kaufman Shelemay
      Conceptions of Song: Ownership, Rights, and African Copyright Law / Alex Perullo
      Dance in Communal Life / Patience A. Kwakwa
      Islam in Liberia / Lester P. Monts
      Guitar in Africa / Andrew L. Kaye
      Kru Mariners and Migrants of the West African Coast / Cynthia Schmidt
      Popular Music in Africa / Angela Impey
      Music and HIV/AIDS in Africa / Gregory Barz and Judah Cohen
      Questions for Critical Thinking: Issues and Processes in African Music
      Pt. 3. Regional Case Studies
      West Africa
      West Africa: An Introduction / Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje
      Yoruba Popular Music / Christopher A. Waterman
      "The Tradition" and Identity in a Diversifying Context / Daniel B. Reed
      Questions for Critical Thinking: West Africa
      North Africa
      North Africa: An Introduction / Caroline Card Wendt
      Tuareg Music / Caroline Card Wendt
      From Village to Vinyl: Genealogies of New Kabyle Song / Jane E. Goodman
      Questions for Critical Thinking: North Africa
      East Africa
      East Africa: An Introduction / Peter Cooke
      Music and the Construction of Identity among the Abayudaya (Jewish People) of Uganda / Jeffrey A. Summit
      Questions for Critical Thinking: East Africa
      Central Africa
      Central Africa: An Introduction / Gerhard Kubik
      Musical Life in the Central African Republic / Michelle Kisliuk
      Questions for Critical Thinking: Central Africa
      Southern Africa
      Southern Africa: An Introduction / John E. Kaemmer
      Popular Music in South Africa / David B. Coplan
      Dance and Gender as Contested Sites in Southern Malawian Presbyterian Churches / Clara E. Henderson
      Questions for Critical Thinking: South Africa
      General Questions for the Whole Book.
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