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Bamako Sounds [electronic resource] : The Afropolitan Ethics of Malian Music
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skinner, Ryan Thomas.
- Series:
- A Quadrant Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bamako (Mali)--Social conditions.
- Ethnomusicology--Mali--Bamako.
- Group identity in the performing arts--Mali--Bamako.
- Mandingo (African people)--Mali--Bamako--Ethnic identity.
- Musicians--Mali--Bamako--Social conditions.
- Music--Moral and ethical aspects--Mali--Bamako.
- Music.
- Music--Moral and ethical aspects--Mali.
- Musicians--Social conditions--Mali--Bamako.
- Musicians.
- Ethnomusicology--Ethnic identity--Bamako--Mali.
- Ethnomusicology.
- Group identity--Bamako--Mali.
- Group identity.
- Group identity in the performing arts.
- Mandingo (African people)--Mali--Bamako.
- Mandingo (African people).
- City and town life--Mali--Bamako.
- City and town life.
- Local Subjects:
- Bamako (Mali)--Social conditions.
- Ethnomusicology--Mali--Bamako.
- Group identity in the performing arts--Mali--Bamako.
- Mandingo (African people)--Mali--Bamako--Ethnic identity.
- Musicians--Mali--Bamako--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bamako Sounds tells the story of an African city, its people, their values, and their music. Centered on the music and musicians of Bamako, Mali's booming capital city, this book reveals a community of artists whose lives and works evince a complex world shaped by urban culture, postcolonialism, musical expression, religious identity, and intellectual property.Drawing on years of ethnographic research with classically trained players of the kora (a twenty-one-string West African harp) as well as more contemporary, hip-hop influenced musicians and producers, Ryan Thomas Skinner analyzes how Bam
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction: A Sense of Urban Africa; 1. Representing Bamako; 2. Artistiya; 3. Ethics and Aesthetics; 4. A Pious Poetics of Place; 5. Money Trouble; 6. Afropolitan Patriotism; Conclusion: An Africanist's Query; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- OCLC:
- 909028296
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