Vol. 4 No. 4 (1970): African Music: Journal of the African Music Society

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v4i4

Published: 1970-08-05

Front Matter

• African Music, Vol. 4, No. 4 (1970)

  1-4

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Editorial

• Editorial

  5

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Articles

• Takada drumming

  S. Kobla Ladzekpo, Hewitt Pantaleoni

  6-31

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• Cewa concepts of musical instruments

  G. T. Nurse

  32-36

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• The Matepe mbira music of Rhodesia

  Andrew Tracey

  37-61

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• Ganda xylophone music: another approach

  Peter Cooke

  62-80

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• Xizambi friction-bow music of the Shangana-Tsonga

  Thomas Johnston

  81-95

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• The music of Zumaile village, Zambia

  Atta Annan Mensah

  96-102

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• Some music for the Lala Kankobele

  Marjory Davidson

  103-113

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• Trees and anthills: songs of Karimojong women's groups

  Ken A. Gourlay

  114-121

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• On using the Stroboconn

  A. M. Jones

  122-124

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Obituary

• Professor Percival R. Kirby, M.A., D.LITT., F.R.C.M., D.MUS. HON.

  121

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Records Reviews

• "MUSIQUE DU BURUNDI” - OCR 40, 33 r.p.m. Disques OCORA, Maison de l'Office de Radio-diffusion Television Francaise, 116 Av. de President Kennedy, Paris.

  Andrew Tracey

  125

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• LUBA-SHANKADI VOCAL MUSIC No. 2 in a series of African music recordings issued by the Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium and the Belgische Radio en Televisie, 1969. 12-inch disc with pamphlet in four languages, pp. 83.

  Andrew Tracey

  125

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Book Reviews

• "AN ATTEMPT TO A KINYANKORE CLASSIFICATION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS”, by Paul van Thiel, W.F., Review of Ethnology, No. 13, 1969, pp. 1-5, Institut fur Volkerkunde, Vienna University.

  Andrew Tracey

  126

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• "THE STUDY OF PRIMITIVE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Brief notes on some existing approaches and systems of classification”, by David Rycroft, Review of Ethnology, Volume 1, 1969, No. 14, pp. 1-8, and No. 15, pp. 1-5, Institut fur Volkerkunde, Vienna University

  Hugh Tracey

  126

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• SONGS, DANCES, MIMES AND SYMBOLISM OF VENDA GIRLS' INITIATION SCHOOLS. A series of four articles in African Studies, Volume 28, Nos. 1-4, 1969, by Prof. John Blacking, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Part 1. Vhusha; 2. Milayo; 3. Domba; 4. The Great Domba Song. Total pp. 186, 32 pp. ill., 12 pp. music.

  Andrew Tracey

  126-127

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• "THE BANTU COMPOSERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA”, by Yvonne Huskisson, South African Broadcasting Corporation, P.O. Box 8606, Johannesburg, South Africa; 1969; pp. 335, illus.

  Andrew Tracey

  127-128

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• AN INTRODUCTION TO EAST AFRICAN MUSIC FOR SCHOOLS by S. Mbabi-Katana. Milton Obote Foundation. Kampala, Uganda.

  Ken A. Gourlay

  128-130

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• 'MUSIQUE DE L'AFRIQUE' by Francois Bebey. Edition Horizons de France - 19 X 22 cm., 208 pp., 97 illustrations and four line drawings, with a 17 cm. L.P. record. No price, no address of editor given.

  Brother Basil Basil

  130

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• FOLK SONG STYLE AND CULTURE, by Alan Lomax, with contributions by the Cantometrics staff and with the editorial assistance of Edwin E. Erickson, Washington, D.C., American Association for the Advancement of Science "Publication No. 88”, 1969. Pp. xx, 363, with 76 tables, 75 charts and graphs, 3 appendices, bibliography, list of sources, index.

  Hewitt Pantaleoni

  130-131

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Notes and News

• THE DEVELOPMENT OF YORUBA CHURCH MUSIC

  132

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• COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

  132

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• CONSULTATION ON AFRICAN CHURCH MUSIC

  132-133

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• UGANDA NATIONAL CRAFTS SCHEME

  133

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• AMERICAN UNIVERSITY SEMINAR IN AFRICA

  133

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• XYLOPHONES IN THE SUDAN

  133-134

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• THE PAN-AFRICAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL - TWO VIEWS

  134-137

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Contributors to this number

• Contributors to this number

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Back matter

• Back Matter

  Hugh Tracey (Editor)

  138-142

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