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Author : Music Library Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Notes written by Music Library Association and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Brownsdon Clowes Grundy
Publisher : J.M. Dent & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Life's Five Windows written by John Brownsdon Clowes Grundy and published by J.M. Dent & Sons. This book was released on 1968 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The American Exporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel B. Reed
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253028302
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Dan Ge Performance written by Daniel B. Reed and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2003-08-21 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An excellent study of both the visible and invisible elements that constitute the Ge performance of the Dan People of western Côte d’Ivoire.” —The World of Music Ge, formerly translated as “mask” or “masquerade,” appears among the Dan people of Côte d’Ivoire as a dancing and musical embodiment of their social ideals and religious beliefs. In Dan Ge Performance, Daniel B. Reed sets out to discover what resides at the core of Ge. He finds that Ge is defined as part of a religious system, a form of entertainment, an industry, a political tool, an instrument of justice, and a form of resistance—and it can take on multiple roles simultaneously. He sees genu (pl.) dancing the latest dance steps, co-opting popular music, and acting in concert with Ivorian authorities to combat sorcery. Not only are the bounds of traditional performance stretched, but Ge performance becomes a strategy for helping the Dan to establish individual and community identity in a world that is becoming more religiously and ethnically diverse. Readers interested in all aspects of expressive culture in West Africa will find fascinating material in this rich and penetrating book.
Author : Joseph Kling
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105619184
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Vamos written by Joseph Kling and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-03-23 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book on traveling through Africa, Asia, Europe, and parts of the United States.
Author : dele jegede
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313080607
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of African American Artists written by dele jegede and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-03-20 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American heritage is rich with stories of family, community, faith, love, adaptation and adjustment, grief, and suffering, all captured in a variety of media by artists intimately familiar with them. From traditional media of painting and artists such as Horace Pippin and Faith Ringgold, to photography of Gordon Parks, and new media of Sam Gilliam and Martin Puryear (installation art), the African American experience is reflected across generations and works. Eight pages of color plates and black and white images throughout the book introduce both favorite and new artists to students and adult readers alike. African American heritage is rich with stories of family, community, faith, love, adaptation and adjustment, grief, and suffering, all captured in a variety of media by artists intimately familiar with them. From traditional media of painting and artists such as Horace Pippin and Faith Ringgold, to photography of Gordon Parks, and new media of Sam Gilliam and Martin Puryear (installation art), the African American experience is reflected across generations and works. Eight pages of color plates and black and white images throughout the book introduce both favorite and new artists to students and adult readers alike. A sampling of the artists included: Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Achamyele Debela, and Melvin Edwards.
Author : Ruth M. Stone
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Music in West Africa written by Ruth M. Stone and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the musical traditions of West Africa and discusses the diversity, motifs, and structure of West African music within the larger patterns of the region's culture.
Author : Chantal J. Zabus
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1847010822
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Out in Africa written by Chantal J. Zabus and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2013 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homosexuality was and still is thought to be quintessentially 'un-African'. Yet in this book Chantal Zabus examines the anthropological, cultural and literary representations of male and female same-sex desire from early colonial contacts between Europe and Africa in the nineteenth century to the present. Covering a broad geographical spectrum, from Mali to South Africa and from Senegal to Kenya, and adopting a comparative approach encompassing two colonial languages (English and French) and some African languages, 'Out in Africa' charts developments in Sub-Saharan African texts and contexts through the work of 7 colonial and some 25 postcolonial writers.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Finding List of Books Common to the Branches written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John H. Hanson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253029511
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book The Ahmadiyya in the Gold Coast written by John H. Hanson and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a global movement with more than half a million Ghanaian members, runs an extensive network of English-language schools and medical facilities in Ghana today. Founded in South Asia in 1889, the Ahmadiyya arrived in Ghana when a small coastal community invited an Ahmadiyya missionary to visit in 1921. Why did this invitation arise and how did the Ahmadiyya become such a vibrant religious community? John H. Hanson places the early history of the Ahmadiyya into the religious and cultural transformations of the British Gold Coast (colonial Ghana). Beginning with accounts of the visions of the African Methodist Binyameen Sam, Hanson reveals how Sam established a Muslim community in a coastal context dominated by indigenous expressions and Christian missions. Hanson also illuminates the Islamic networks that connected this small Muslim community through London to British India. African Ahmadi Muslims, working with a few South Asian Ahmadiyya missionaries, spread the Ahmadiyya's theological message and educational ethos with zeal and effectiveness. This is a global story of religious engagement, modernity, and cultural transformations arising at the dawn of independence.
Author : Daniel B. Reed
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253022363
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Abidjan USA written by Daniel B. Reed and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-24 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Studies of four musicians . . . and a broader discussion about diaspora and migration provides an important study of African music in the United States.” —Alex Perullo, author of Live from Dar es Salaam Daniel B. Reed integrates individual stories with the study of performance to understand the forces of diaspora and mobility in the lives of musicians, dancers, and mask performers originally from Côte d’Ivoire who now live in the United States. Through the lives of four Ivorian performers, Reed finds that dance and music, being transportable media, serve as effective ways to understand individual migrants in the world today. As members of an immigrant community who are geographically dispersed, these performers are unmoored from their place of origin and yet deeply engaged in presenting their symbolic roots to North American audiences. By looking at performance, Reed shows how translocation has led to transformations on stage, but he is also sensitive to how performance acts as a way to reinforce and maintain community. Abidjan USA provides a multifaceted view of community that is at once local, national, and international, and where identity is central, but transportable, fluid, and adaptable. “Daniel B. Reed’s scholarship is solid and his writing style is thoroughly engaging. The topic is novel; there are fascinating twists and turns throughout.” —Eric Charry, editor of Hip Hop Africa “This study’s attention to the intersection of lived experiences with wider historical events and social formations, as well as the author’s careful analysis of Ivorian ballet and the dances and drum rhythms that constitute the genre, make Abidjan USA an important intervention in ethnomusicology and folklore.” —Journal of American Folklore
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Choice written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Minette Mans
Publisher : African Minds
ISBN 13 : 192005149X
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Centering on African Practice in Musical Arts Education written by Minette Mans and published by African Minds. This book was released on 2006 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together many African voices expressing their ideas and conceptions of musical practice and arts education in Africa. With essays from established scholars in the field as well as young researchers and educators, and topics ranging from philosophical arguments and ethno-musicology to practical classroom ideas, this book will stimulate academic discourse. At the same time, practical ideas and information will assist teachers and students in Africa and elsewhere, bringing fresh musical perspectives on instrument playing, singing, childrenis literature and play.
Author : Patrick McNaughton
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253219841
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (532 download)
Download or read book A Bird Dance Near Saturday City written by Patrick McNaughton and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2008-08-20 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1978, Patrick McNaughton witnessed a bird dance masquerade in the small town of Dogoduman. He was so affected by this performance that its dazzling artistic power has never left him. As he revisits that very special evening in A Bird Dance near Saturday City, McNaughton carefully considers the components of the performance, its pace, the performers, and what the entire experience means for understandings of Bamana and West African aesthetics and culture. The performance of virtuoso dancer Sidi Ballo becomes McNaughton's vehicle for understanding the power of individuals in African art and the power of aesthetics as a cultural phenomenon. Topics such as what makes art effective, what makes it "good," how production is wrapped in individual virtuosity, and what individual artistry suggests about society reveal how individuals work together to create the indelible experience of outstanding performance. This exuberant and captivating book will influence views of society, culture, art, history, and their makers in West Africa for years to come.
Author : Jane Goodall
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547488386
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Through a Window written by Jane Goodall and published by HMH. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned British primatologist continues the “engrossing account” of her time among the chimpanzees of Gombe, Tanzania (Publishers Weekly). In her classic, In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall wrote of her first ten years at Gombe. In Through a Window she continues the story, painting a more complete and vivid portrait of our closest relatives. On the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Gombe is a community where the principal residents are chimpanzees. Through Goodall’s eyes we watch young Figan’s relentless rise to power and old Mike’s crushing defeat. We learn how one mother rears her children to succeed and another dooms hers to failure. We witness horrifying murders, touching moments of affection, joyous births, and wrenching deaths. As Goodall compellingly tells the story of this intimately intertwined community, we are shown human emotions stripped to their essence. In the mirror of chimpanzee life, we see ourselves reflected. “A humbling and exalting book . . . Ranks with the great scientific achievements of the twentieth century.” —The Washington Post “[An] absolutely smashing account . . . Thrilling, affectionate, intelligent—a classic.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Author : Abiodun Egbetokun
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429892497
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)
Download or read book Firm-Level Innovation In Africa written by Abiodun Egbetokun and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The literature on innovation in Africa is rapidly expanding, and a recurring thread in the emergent literature is the pervasiveness of systemic weaknesses that inhibit the innovation process. Despite these, firms are able to innovate in Africa. It is then logical to ask: how do African firms manage to overcome the prevalent constraints and learn to innovate? This book directly tackles this question, with a view to improving our understanding of the innovation landscape in Africa. The book brings together some of the latest innovation research from across the African continent, ranging from Tanzania and Ethiopia in the east to Nigeria in the west. The chapters included in the collection adopt different but complementary theoretical and methodological approaches to address a rich mix of interrelated issues. These issues include the factors that enhance or inhibit innovation in African firms, the sources of (knowledge/information for) innovation, policy options for overcoming constraints and facilitating firm-level innovation, the nature and roles of brokers and intermediaries in dealing with innovation constraints and in facilitating the innovation process and the role of interactive learning and acquisition of embodied technology in the innovation process. This book was originally published as a special issue of Innovation and Development.
Author : Kathryn Batchelor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135185805X
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)
Download or read book China-Africa Relations written by Kathryn Batchelor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent rapid growth in China’s involvement in Africa is being promoted by both Chinese and African leaders as being conducted in a spirit of cooperation, friendship and equality. In the media and informally, however, a different, less harmonious picture emerges. This book explores how China and Africa really regard each other, how official images are manufactured, and how informal images are nevertheless shaped and put forward. The book covers a wide range of areas where China-Africa exchange exists, including diplomacy, technological cooperation, sport, culture and arts exchange. The book also discusses the historical development of the relationship and how it is likely to develop going forward.
