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Worship Music & Culture : The Case of the Songhai of Niger
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Worship Music & Culture : The Case of the Songhai of Niger / John R DeValve.
ISBN
9781506483986
1506483984
9781506483764
1506483763
Publication
Oxford : Regnum Books International, [2020]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©[2020]
Physical Description
1 online resource (217 pages): color illustrations
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Summary
"Music is an exciting aspect of African cultures south of the Sahara, abounding in creativity and full of life and movement. Christian worship music was added to the music mix by missionaries from Europe and North America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and it has retained much of its Western flavor. This book is a case study of the African Christian community among the Songhai and its worship music. Drawing on extensive research conducted over a six-year period, the author explains the relationships between music, culture, and worship using the Songhai church as a case study. In the process, he builds a model for further research and experimentation in the worship of other Christian communities. Included in the discussion are insights from the disciplines of ethno- musicology, worship study, anthropology, theology, missiology, and history."--Publisher
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Project MUSE complete collection 2021.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Series
Regnum studies in mission
Contents
Introduction
Historical, cultural, and theoretical foundations. A brief history of the Songhai ; Ethnomusicology ; Songhai music-culture ; Worship, theology, and music ; Protestant Songhai music culture ; Grid/group cultural theory and five historical/cultural influences
Cultural theory and five Songhai subcultures. Traditional music-culture ; Islamic sub-culture ; The national sub-culture ; The Western/global/modern subculture ; Protestant church subculture
Application. The five subcultures and change ; Grid/group and the logophonic principle ; Grid/group, identity, and music.
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