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Rumba rules : the politics of dance music in Mobutu's Zaire / Bob W. White.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Bob W., 1965-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mobutu Sese Seko, 1930-1997.
- Mobutu Sese Seko.
- Popular music--Political aspects--Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Popular music.
- Popular music--Social aspects--Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Music and state--Democratic Republic of the Congo--History--20th century.
- Music and state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (327 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the relationship between popular music and politics in Zaire during the presidency of Mobutu Sese Seko through the author's participation as musician and ethnographer in a successful Kinshasa band of the mid-1990s.
- Contents:
- Popular culture's politics
- The Zairian sound
- Made in Zaire
- Live time
- Musicians and mobility
- Live texts
- The political life of dance bands
- In the skin of a chief.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-285) and index.
- Includes discography (p. 287-288)
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780822389262
- 0822389266
- OCLC:
- 654527367
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