African space/time concepts and the Tusona ideographs in Luchazi culture
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https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v6i4.1261Abstract
Tusona ideographs and amadinda compositions are not merely 'art' or 'music' in the Western sense. They are little closed systems of functional and causal relationships, little universes without exits. The minds who created them must have been researchers in the basic sense of the word. By creating the self-contained mini-universes of these configurations they also created mini-replicas of what our macro-universe may ultimately be like. They discovered abstract relationships which are not man-made, which come about and exist without human deliberation. And it must have become an immense passion once these ancients were on the track of such discoveries. The infinite proliferations in both traditions are proof enough of a persevering experimental spirit behind them.References
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Franca, C. 1953 "As gravuras rupestres do Tchitundo-hulo (Deserto de Moçâmedes)", Mensário Administrativo, No. 65/66. Luanda.
HAMELBERGER, E. 1951 "Ecrit sur le sable", Annales Spriritaines 61e ann. Paris.
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Jaritz, W. 1983 "Ãœber Bahnen auf Billardtischen oder: eine mathematische Untersuchung von Ideogramme angolanischer Herkunft", Mathematisch-statisiche Sektion, Research Centre A-8010 Graz, Austria, Steyrergasse 17, Bericht nr. 207. Graz.
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Kubik, G. 1964 "Xylophone playing in Southern Uganda", Journal of Royal Anthropological Inst., Vol. 94, Part 2.
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1981 Mukanda na makisi - Circumsision school and masks. Double LP record with commentary. Museum Collection Berlin (West) MC 11, Ed. Artur Simon. Berlin.
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1977 (with F. Balyebonera, E. Kongola, A. Lyoba, A.M.T. Mabele and J.S.
Mugangala): Recording and classification of oral literature in Tanzania and some other parts of Africa. Papers presented during the Seminar on Oral Literature, Sept. 20-26, 1976. Dar es Salaam: Goethe-Institut.
Tusona - Luchazi ideographs. A graphic tradition practised by a people of West-Central Africa. Wien-F6hrenau: Verlag. E. Stiglmayr. (in press)
Mubitana, K. 1970 "Form and significance in the art of the Lunda, Luvale, Luchazi and Chokwe of Zambia. A Boasian approach", Zambia Museums Journal, Vol. 1.
Murdock, G.P. 1967 Ethnographic Atlas, University of Pittsburgh.
Pearson, E. 1977 People of the aurora. San Diego: Beta books.
Phillison, D.W. 1977 The later prehistory of eastern and southern Africa. London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd.
Redinha, J. 1948 "As gravuras rupestres do Alto Zambeze e a primeira tentativa da sua interpretação", Publicafies Culturais do Museo do Dundo, No. 2. Lisboa: Companhia de Diamantes de Angola.
1975 Etnias e culturas de Angola. Luanda: Instituto de Investigação Cientifica de Angola.
dos SANTOS, E. 1961 Contribuição para o estudo das pictografias e ideogramas dos Quiocos. Estudos sobre a Etnologia do. Ultramar Português, Vol. 8, No. 84.
Simon, A. (Ed) 1983 Musik in Afrika. Mit 20 Beiträgen zur Kenntnis traditioneller afrikanischer Musikkulturen von A.M. Dauer, L. Gerhardt, H. Jungraithmayr, G. Kubik, A. Simon, H.H. Wängler und 2 Cassetten. Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin-West.
Tracey, A. 1970 How to play the mbira (dza vadzimu). Roodepoort, S.A.: International Library of African Music.
Vergani de A. ARMITAGE, M.T. 1981 Analyse numérique des idéogrammes tshikwe de l'Angola. expressions symboliques du nombre dans une culture traditionelle africaine. Dissertation. Facultä de Psychologie et de l'Education, Universitä de Genève (Suisse).
Zaslavsky, C. 1979 Africa counts, Number and pattern in African culture. Westpoint, Conn.: Lawrence Hill.
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“African Space Time Concepts and the Tusona Ideographs in Luchazi Culture”. 1987. African Music : Journal of the International Library of African Music 6 (4): 53-89. https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v6i4.1261.
