Rumba rules : the politics of dance music in Mobutu's Zaire /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: White, Bob W., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Series:Duke backfile
Subjects:
Mobutu Sese Seko, > 1930-1997.
Mobutu Sese Seko, > 1930-
Mobutu Sese Seko, > 1930-1997
1900-1999
Popular music > Political aspects > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Popular music > Social aspects > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Music and state > Congo (Democratic Republic) > History > 20th century.
Musique populaire > Aspect politique > Congo (République démocratique)
Musique populaire > Aspect social > Congo (République démocratique)
Musique > Politique gouvernementale > Congo (République démocratique) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > Africa > Central.
Music and state
Popular music > Political aspects
Popular music > Social aspects
Popmusik
Gesellschaft
Politik
Music.
Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
Music Philosophy.
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Kongo <Demokratische Republik>
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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