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A song of longing : an Ethiopian journey / Kay Kaufman Shelemay.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks DS135.E75 S54 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shelemay, Kay Kaufman
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shelemay, Kay Kaufman--Travel--Ethiopia.
- Shelemay, Kay Kaufman.
- Travel.
- Jews.
- Manners and customs.
- Ethiopia.
- Jews--Ethiopia--Social life and customs.
- Ethiopia--Description and travel.
- Ethiopia--History--Revolution, 1974--Personal narratives.
- History.
- Ethiopia--Ethnic relations.
- Ethnic relations.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 177 pages : map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1991]
- Summary:
- In 1973 Kay Kaufman flew to Ethiopia to do research on music in the villages of the Beta Israel, often called the Falasha or Ethiopian Jews. In A Song of Longing, she reveals how two events, her marriage to a Sephardic Jew in Addis Ababa and the cataclysmic Ethiopian revolution, not only complicated her life but unexpectedly made it possible for her to unravel the complexities of the Beta Israel liturgy and music.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0252017986
- OCLC:
- 22911080
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