Forward
Preface
CD Track List
1. Heating Up!
East Africa
Traditional Music Performance: The Example of Ngoma
What is "Music" in East Africa?
Greetings
Conclusion
2. Traditional Performances in Two Villages and a Town
Introduction
Case Study #1: Nyanhugi Village, Sukumaland, Tanzania
Case Study #2: Bugwere Village, Busoga Region, Eastern Uganda
Case Study #3: Kisumu Town, Western Kenya
Musical Transcription
Gender and Traditional Music Performance in East Africa
Conclusion
3. Fostering Social Cohesion: Competition and Traditional Musical Performance
Introduction: Competition as Social Cohesion
Case Study #1: Bulabo in Sukumaland, Tanzania
Bufumu
Bagaalu
and Bagiika
Dance Societies
Samba
Changes and Adaption in Bulabo
Case Study #2: Choir Competitions in Dar es Salaam
Vignette 1: The Initial Evangelical Encounter
Vignette 2: The Emergence of Tanzanian Voices
Vignette 3: A Postcolonial Moment
Conclusion
4. Individuals in East African Musical Worlds: Gideon Mdegella and Centurio Balikoowa
Introduction
Vignette 1: Gideon Mdegella
Vignette 2: Centurio Balikoowa
Communities and Musical Specialists
Gideon Mdegella: "Mwalimu"
Mwalimu wa Kwaya: Ritual-Musical Specialists in the Tanzanian Luteran Church
"I Am Able to See Very Far, but I Am Unable to Reach There"
Mdegella and "First-Class Music"
Centurio Balikoowa
Background
Musical Instruments
Endere (Flute
)
Endingidi (Tubefiddle
)
Construction of the
Endingidi
Ntongooli (Bowl Lyre
)
Personal History
Conclusion
5. Situating Traditional Music within Modernity
Introduction
Vignette: Anthems and Identity
Case Study #1: Mu Kkubo Ery 'Omusaalaba
Basic Tenets of Kiganda Traditional Music
Issue of Timbre
Drumming
Issue of Interlocking Patterns
Case Study #2: "The Roots of Benga
"
D.O. Misiani, the "King" of Benga
Conclusion: Popular versus Traditional--"Modernity Happened!"
6. Cooling Down!
Introduction
Traditional Music and the Interrelation of the Arts in East Africa
Glossary
Resources
Index
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