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Women's songs from West Africa
Title
Women's songs from West Africa / edited by Thomas A. Hale and Aissata G. Sidikou.
ISBN
9780253010179 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0253010179 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780253010216 (ebook)
0253010217
9780253010216
Publication
Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2014.
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
341 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 12, 2014
Series
African expressive cultures
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : new perspectives on women's songs and singing in West Africa / Thomas A. Hale and Aissata G. Sidikou
Wolof women break the taboo of sex through songs / Marame Gueye
Jola kanyalen songs from the Casamance, Senegal : from "tradition" to globalization / Kirsten Langeveld
Azna deities in the songs of Taguimba Bouzou : a window on the visible and invisible / Boubé Namaïwa
Initiation and funeral songs from the Guro of Côte d'Ivoire / Ariane Deluz
Praises performances by jalimusolu in the Gambia / Marloes Janson
Saharan music : about a feminine modernity / Aline Tauzin
Songs by Wolof women / Luciana Penna-Diaw
A heroic performance by Siramori Diabaté in Mali / Brahima Camara and Jan Jansen
Women's tattooing songs from Kajoor, Senegal / George Joseph
Drummed poems by Songhay-Zarma women of Niger / Fatima Mounkaïla
Space, language, and identity in the palm tree / Aissata G. Sidikou
Bambara women's songs in southern Mali / Bah Diakité
Patriarchy in songs and poetry by Zarma women / Aissata Niandou
Muslim Hausa women's songs / Beverly B. Mack
Lamentation and politics in the Sahelian song / Thomas A. Hale
Transformations in Tuareg tende singing : women's voices and local feminisms / Susan J. Rasmussen
Income strategies of a jelimuso in Mali and France / Nienke Muurling.
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