Vol. 8 No. 3 (2009): African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i3

Published: 2009-11-30

Front Matter

• African Music, Vol. 8, No. 3 (2009)

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Editorial

• From the Editor

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Articles

• Simultaneous multidimensionality in African music: musical cubism

  David Locke

  8-37

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• Drumming among the Akan and Anlo Ewe of Ghana: an introduction

  Willie Anku

  38-64

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• Carrying spirit in song: music and the making of ancestors at Zezuru kurova guva ceremonies

  Jennifer W. Kyker

  65-84

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• Making violence ordinary: radio, music and the Rwandan genocide

  Jason McCoy

  85-96

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• On the musical patterning of sculpted words: exploring the relationship between melody and metre in a Somali poetic form

  Fiacha O'Dubhda

  97-116

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• From "Noma Kumnyama" to "Pata Pata": a history

  Rob Allingham

  117-131

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• Teaching-learning processes in Muziki wa Injili in Dar es Salaam

  Imani Sanga

  132-143

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• Locating hope in performance: lessons from Edward Kabuye

  Kathleen J. Noss-Van Buren

  144-161

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Book Reviews

• The Serankure and Music in Tlokweng, Botswana, by Jürgen Schöpf, Intercultural Music Studies 13, edited by Max Peter Baumann, Institute for Music Research, Julius- Maximilian University of Würzburg, Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung, Berlin 2008, 279 pp., 108 pp. of music transcriptions, 5 photographs and 13-track DVD, 9783-86135-645-5.

  Andrew Tracey

  162-163

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• Focus: Music of South Africa, by Carol A. Muller, 2nd ed., Routledge, New York 2008 (1st ed. 2004), Focus on World Music Series, edited by Michael B. Bakan, 338 pp., 56 photographs, with audio CD.

  Andrew Tracey

  163

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• Intonations: A Social History of Music and Nation in Luanda, Angola, from 1945 to Recent Times, Marissa J. Moorman, Ohio University Press, 2008, 320 pp., CD, Paperback: 978-0-8214-1824-6.

  Veit Erlmann

  164-166

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• Rumba Rules: The Politics of Dance Music in Mobutu s Zaire, Bob W. White, Duke University Press, 2008, 300 pp., paperback: 978-0-8223-4112-3.

  Veit Erlmann

  166-168

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• Female Voices from an Ewe Dance-Drumming Community in Ghana: Our Music Has Become a Divine Spirit, James Bums, Surrey, England and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2009, 199 pp., DVD, hardbound: 978-0-7546-6495-6.

  Sidra Lawrence

  168-173

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CD Reviews

• Kitaffe, 2007, Damascus Kafumbe, Endongo Records 751937326021. One compact disc (45:57) containing eight tracks, all composed, arranged and performed by Damascus Kafumbe. Liner notes include translations and interpretations by Damascus Kafumbe with eight colour photographs by Richard Duncan. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Troy Stoner at Ilmli Studios, Tallahassee, FL, USA. Available at Amazon, com, CDbaby.com, CDuniverse.com, musicimport.biz, and soon at endongo.com.

  Peter Hoesing

  174-175

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• Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From the Acoustic Planet Vol. 3, the Africa Sessions, 2009, Bela Fleck, produced by Bela Fleck. Rounder/Umgd CDROUN0634. One compact disc. 32-page booklet with liner notes by Fleck and photography by Dave Sinko, Joel Hamburger, Dave Bergen, Sascha Paladino and Nicole Smaglick.

  Ben Krakauer

  176-177

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Additional Articles

• NEWS FROM ILAM: Digital Heritage Repatriation Workshop: 9-11 December 2008

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Tracklist

• TRACKLIST Volume 8 number 3, 2009

  Diane Thram

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Contributors to this number

• Contributors to this issue

  Diane Thram

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Back matter

• Back Matter

  Diane Thram (Editor)

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