Fiddling in West Africa : touching the spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures /

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Fiddling has had a lengthy history in Africa which has long been ignored. Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje corrects this oversight with an expansive study on fiddling in the Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures of West Africa. DjeDje not only explains the history of the instrument itself, but also discusses...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: DjeDje, Jacqueline Cogdell
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Music > Africa, West > History and criticism.
Fiddling > Africa, West.
Musique > Afrique occidentale > Histoire et critique.
Art du violoneux > Afrique occidentale.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Strings.
Fiddling.
Music
Kultur
Fidel
West Africa.
Westafrika
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : A master fiddler and a significant but little-known tradition
  • Fiddling in West Africa : understanding the culture area
  • An affirmation of identity : Fulbe fiddling in Senegambia
  • Calling the Bori spirits : Hausa fiddling in Nigeria
  • In service to the king : Dagbamba fiddling in Ghana.

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