Vol. 8 No. 1 (2007): African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i1

Published: 2007-11-30

Front Matter

• African Music, Vol. 8, No. 1 (2007)

  [i]1-3

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Editorial

• From the Editor

  4-5

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Articles

• The Mwera lamellophone Luliimba

  Uta Reuster-Jahn

  6-20

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• Pierre Gwa - Mpyemõ Guitarist: His Songs and Their Sources Central African Republic, 1966

  Gerhard Kubik

  21-35

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• Singing Psalms with owls: A Venda 20th century musical history part two: tshikona, beer songs and personal songs

  Jaco Kruger

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• Umakhweyane: A Musical bow and its contribution to Zulu music

  Dave Dargie

  60-81

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• On polyphonic construction: An analysis of Ju|'hoan vocal music (Namibia)

  Emmanuelle Olivier

  82-111

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Book Reviews

• The World of South African Music: A Reader. Lucia, Christine, editor. 2005. Cambridge Scholars press: Newcastle, UK. Includes List of musical Examples (xii- xiv), a List of Illustrations (xv-xvi), References, a List of Sources and an Index, 368 pp.

  Lee Watkins

  112-113

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• Journey of Song: Public Life and Morality in Cameroon. Clare A. Ignatowski. 2006. Bloomington: Indiana University press. xv. 223 pp., 36 black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index.

  Brian Shrag

  114-116

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• Baakisimba: Gender in the Music and Dance of the Baganda People of Uganda. Sylvia A. Nannyonga-Tamusuza, 2005. 294 pp., 13 figures, 19 plates. New York: Routledge (Current Research in Ethnomusicology Series). Jennifer C. post, series editor.

  Jaco Kruger

  116-118

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• Updating the San: Image and Reality of an African People in the 21st Century. Robert Hitchcock, Kazunobu Ikeya, Megan Biesele and Richard Lee, editors. 2006. Senri Ethnological Studies no. 70, Osaka, Japan: National Museum of Ethnonology. ISSN 03876004; ISBN 4-901 906-43-7 C3039. v. 304 pp., maps, figures.

  Carol Muller

  118-120

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• Masters of the Sabar: Wolof Griot Percussionists of Senegal. 2007. Patricia Tang. Philedelphia: Temple University press. xiv, 209 pp., 36 illustrations and transcriptions, glossary, bibliography, discography, index, CD (African Soundscapes Series). Gregory Barz, (series editor).

  Geoffrey Tracey

  120-122

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• Beyond Exoticism: Western Music and the World. Taylor, Timothy D. 2007. Durham: Duke University Press. xv, 304 pp., 16 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index.

  Lee Watkins

  122-127

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• Worksongs. Ted Gioia. 2006. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 350 pp., notes, recommended listening, bibliography, index.

  Rick Van Heerden

  127-129

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CD Reviews

• The Collection of Father Franz Mayr: Zulu Recordings 1908. Sound documents from the phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The complete historical collections 1899-1950. Series 10. Dietrich Schuller, general editor. Phonogrammarchiv der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften OAW CD 25, 2007. ISBN 978-3-7001-3827-3. Two audio CDs, one CD-ROM with 64 page booklet.

  Janet Topp Fargion

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• Poetry and Languid Charm, 2007: Swahili Music From Tanzania and Kenya - From the 1920s to the 1950s. Topic Records Ltd. - TSCD 936. Compiled by Janet Topp Fargion, Curator, World and Traditional Music Section, British Library Sound Archive. One compact disc. Booklet (15 pp.) with notes by Janet Topp Fargion and photographs.

  Boudina McConnachie

  132-134

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DVD Reviews

• Hip-Hop Colony. DVD. Michael Wanguhu, director, 2007. Chatsworth, CA: Emerge Media Group.

  Andrew Eisenburg

  134-139

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Contributors to this number

• Contributors to this issue

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Back matter

• Back Matter

  Andrew Tracey (Editor)

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Tracks

• Track 1

  Artists Various

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