There has been much recent celebration of the success of African'civil society'in forging
global connections through an ever-growing diaspora. Against the background of such …

The helmet-shaped mapiko masks of Mozamxadbique have garnered admiration from
African art scholars and collectors alike, due to their striking aesthetics and their grotesque …

The paper situates Zulu ngoma song and dance within the related worlds of state and
gender politics in post-apartheid South Africa. It poses as its problem the difficulty of …

In the previous chapter I attempted to illustrate the ways in which global phenomena can
become uniquely localized as reinforcements of ideas and ideals already in place. Using …

In response to economic influences emanating from abroad, African people have always
created unique socioeconomic relationships and ideas. Examining four well-known Swahili …

Abstract The Institute for Global Health at Vanderbilt enables the expansion and
coordination of global health research, service, and training, reflecting the university's …

The musical genre of taarab is played for entertainment at weddings and other festive
occasions all along the Swahili Coast in East Africa. Taarab contains all the features of a …

A s hundreds of people crowded into the open grounds of his Zineku beerhall on a hot and
dry Sunday afternoon, Wilson Khumbula gave a speech. As the former Member of …

In British Tanganyika, school-educated African correspondents used the Swahili-language
and English press extensively to comment on issues relevant to their lives. With a focus on …

Résumé De nombreux textes, à commencer par l'étude de Max Weber, ont déjà défriché le
champ d'une sociologie de la musique et précisé à quels objets elle pouvait s' intéresser et …