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Sound fragments : from field recording to African electronic stories / Noel Lobley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lobley, Noel, 1974- author.
- Series:
- Music / Culture Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnomusicology--Africa--Archival resources.
- Ethnomusicology.
- Music--Repatriation--South Africa.
- Music.
- Sound recordings in ethnomusicology--Africa.
- Sound recordings in ethnomusicology.
- International Library of African Music.
- Tracey, Hugh.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (345 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Middletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Ethnographic study of the creative decolonization of the International Library of African Music in South Africa, the world's largest archive of field recordings of African music"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Foreword
- Contents
- Prologue
- Notes on Language, Names, Terminology, and Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: Colonial Microphones
- One: Hugh Tracey Records the Sound of Africa
- Two: Listening behind Field Recordings
- Part II: Local Voices
- Three: Donkey Cart Curation, Xhosa Anthems, and Township Terms
- Four: Art and Community Activism around the Archive
- Five: The Black Power Station
- Conclusion: Curating Sound Stories
- Epilogue 1: Sikhona siphila phakathi kwenu
- Epilogue 2: Conversations around Hip Hop
- Epilogue 3: Umntu ngumntu ngabantu
- Appendix 1: Listening Sessions and Personal Interviews (2008-2019)
- Appendix 2: Song Translations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780819580788
- 0819580783
- OCLC:
- 1293451488
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