Vol. 8 No. 2 (2008): African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2

Published: 2008-11-30

Front Matter

• African Music, Vol. 8, No. 2 (2008)

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2.1777

Editorial

• From the Editor

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Articles

• Music Performance on 19th-Century Sukuma-Nyamwezi Caravans to the Swahili Coast

  Frank Gunderson

  6-25

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2.1779

• Of youth-harps and songbirds: the sweet music of Wasulu

  Heather A. Maxwell

  26-55

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2.1780

• The hidden transcripts of sacred song in a South African coloured community

  Marie Jorritsma

  56-75

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2.1781

• Historicizing Kwaito

  Gavin Steingo

  76-91

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2.1782

• The Adoption of the Circumcision Ritual bèkà by the Baka-Pygmies in Southeast Cameroon

  Susanne Fürniss

  92-113

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2.1783

Book Reviews

• Popular Music Censorship in Africa, Edited by Martin Cloonan and Michael Drewett, Ashgate: London (2006), 228 pages, including index, Hardbound: ISBN-13: 978-075467291-5, ISBB-10: 0-7546-5291-2.

  Veit Erlmann

  114-116

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2.1784

• Composing Apartheid: Music for and against Apartheid, Edited by Grant Olwage, Wits University Press: Johannesburg. 2008, 311 pages.

  Lee Watkins

  117-118

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2.1785

• In Township Tonight: South Africa's Black City Music and Theatre, David B. Coplan, University Of Chicago Press; 2nd edition. 2008, 455 pages, Paperback: ISBN-10: 0226115674, ISBN-13: 978-0226115672.

  Glen Holtzman

  118-119

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2.1786

• Zimbabwe Mbira Music on an International Stage: Chartwell Dutiro's Life in Music, Edited by Cartwell Dutiro and Keith Howard, SOAS Musicology Series, Ashgate: London. 2007, 98 pages, with CD: "Taanerimwe”, Chartwell Dutiro with Spirit Talk Mbira Live at Gateway (Gateway, SOAS Cat.No. SOASIS - 03), Hardbound: ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-5799-6.

  Andrew Tracey

  120-122

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2.1787

• The Flamboyant Rooster and other Tshivenda Song Stories, Edited by Jaco Kruger and Ina le Roux, Illustrated by Deon Coetzer, School of Music, North-West University, Potchefstroom: South Africa. 149 pages.

  Boudina McConnachie

  122-123

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2.1788

DVD Reviews

• Zimbabwe Children's Singing Games, DVD by Natalie Kreutzer (2007), Lionel Hampton School of Music, University of Idaho

  Andrew Tracey

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2.1789

• Siaka, an African Musician, 80 minutes, DVD. An African Brass Band, 72 minutes, DVD. Author and Producer-Director: Hugo Zemp

  Boudina McConnachie

  125-127

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2.1790

CD Reviews

• African Music. Sandtracks. 2007. Tiris; produced and arranged by Kad and Momo Hafsi. Sandblast Arts. SBCD001. One compact disc. Liner notes in English by Garth Cartwright, with photography by Rif Spahni and Simon Thorpe.

  Matt Forss

  128-129

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2.1791

• The Very Best of Hugh Tracey: from the monumental cd series 'Historical Recordings by Hugh Tracey'. SWP Records. SWP034/HT022. Compiled by Michael Baird in collaboration with ILAM. One compact disc, no accompanying booklet. Lesotho Calling: Lesiba and Sekhankula Music. SWP Records. SWP 033. Recorded and compiled by Michael Baird in collaboration with Dada Moqasa of Lesotho Broadcasting. One compact disc, with 22-page booklet and notes by Michael Baird.

  Noel Lobley

  129-133

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i2.1792

• Zanzibara. 4 volume CD series, published by Buda Musique, Werner Graebner, producer. Detailed booklets for each volume in French and English. Titles: Ikwani Safaa Musical Club Volume 1; L'age d'or du taarab de Mombasa Volume 2; Ujamaa, le son des annees 60 en Tanzanie Volume 3; La memoire de la musique zanzibaraise, Volume 4.

  Matthew LaVoie

  133-134

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Errata

• Errata: Volume 8, Number 1 (2007)

  136-138

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Resources for Music Education

• Historical Recordings by Hugh Tracey: SWP Records and the International Library of African Music - Music of Africa by Hugh Tracey: International Library of African Music.

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Tracklist

• TRACKLIST Volume 8 number 2, 2008

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Contributors to this number

• Contributors to this issue

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Back matter

• Back Matter

  Diane Thram (Editor)

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