Journey of song : public life and morality in Cameroon / Clare A. Ignatowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ignatowski, Clare A.

Series:

African expressive cultures.

African expressive cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tupuri (African people)--Cameroon--Social life and customs.

Tupuri (African people).

Cameroon--Social conditions--1960-.

Cameroon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the long dry season, Tupuri men and women in northern Cameroon gather in gurna camps outside their villages to learn the songs that will be performed at widely attended celebrations to honor the year's dead. The gurna provides a space for them to join together in solidarity to care for their cattle, fatten their bodies, and share local stories. But why does the gurna remain meaningful in the modern nation-state of Cameroon? In Journey of Song, Clare A. Ignatowski explores the vitality of gurna

Contents:

Introduction

Maitene's modern life : song as negotiation of public morality

"Better than family, better than girls" : the Tupuri Gurna Society

Defying the modern : play of identities in Gurna dance exhortation ([b,hooked][o]'ge f[o]g[e])

"Telephone of the dance" : circulation of Gurna song discourse

"Rise up, gather like storm clouds" : poetics of Gurna song (si[ng] gurna)

"I become your boy" : power, legitimacy and magic in song composition

Staging conflict through insult : competing systems of justice

Multipartyism and nostalgia for the unified past : discourses of democracy in Gurna politics

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-220) and index.

ISBN:

9786612072604

1-282-07260-9

0-253-11159-5

OCLC:

476016248