The use of music for healing is ubiquitous in every human community. Music Therapy,
however, as the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish …

A performance culture of illness and wellness In southern Uganda, ritual healing traditions
called kusamira and nswezi rely on music to treat sickness and maintain well-being. Peter J …

Ritual healing has fascinated ethnographers and historians for several decades. Over the
last twenty-five years, ethnomusicologists have begun to examine the cognitive …

This medical ethnomusicological study examines musical performance in The Gambia as a
socio-emotional intervention to promote health and wellbeing. Based on interviews and …

This study investigates inshimi-a musical storytelling practice of the Bemba people in
Zambia. The objectives of this study are to collect inshimi and study their educational …

The integration of music and dance among African people is a well-articulated phenomenon
both within and outside of ethnomusicology (eg, Blacking 1973; Hanna 1973; Nketia 1974; …

Studies of spirit mediumship and ritual healing have drawn on ethnographic research across
the humanities and social sciences (eg Tantala 1989; Roseman 1991; Janzen 1992; …

For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are saturated with music. In
this groundbreaking ethnography, Steven M. Friedson explores a health care system …

The use of music in healing and healing rites in African traditional societies is as old as the
origin of African Continent. This paper attempted a historical origin of this art, provides a …

This article reports on a study that investigated the namadu healing ritual of the Bagwere
people of Uganda. The ritual involves drumming, singing and dancing, as well as sacrificing …