Women's songs from West Africa / edited by Thomas A. Hale and Aissata G. Sidikou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hale, Thomas A. (Thomas Albert), 1942- editor.

Sidikou, Aïssata G., editor.

Series:

African expressive cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Africa, West--History and criticism.

Music.

Women musicians--Africa, West.

Women musicians.

West Africans--Music.

West Africans.

West Africa.

Physical Description:

341 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2014.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0253010179

OCLC:

812509003

Publisher Number:

99957493169