Format:
1 online resource (421 pages)
ISBN:
9789987081080
Content:
Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa brings together important essays on songs and politics in the region and beyond. Through an analysis of the voices from the margins, the authors (contributors) enter into the debate on cultural productions and political change. The theme that cuts across the contributions is that songs are, in addition to their aesthetic appeal, vital tools for exploring how political and social events are shaped and understood by citizens. Urbanization, commercialization and globalization contributed to the vibrancy of East African popular music of the 1990s which was marked by hybridity, syncretism and innovativeness. It was a product of social processes inseparable from society, politics, and other critical issues of the day. The lyrics explored socials cosmology, worldviews, class and gender relations, interpretations of value systems, and other political, social and cultural practices, even as they entertained and provided momentary escape for audience members. Frustration, disenchantments, and emotional fatigue resulting from corrupt and dictatorial political systems that stifle the potential of citizens drove and still drive popular music in Eastern Africa as in most of Africa. Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa is an important addition to the study of popular culture and its role in shaping society.
Content:
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Religious Versification: from Depoliticisation to Repoliticisation -- 2. L'intellectuel populaire et l'imaginaire politique : Le cas de Joseph Kamaru -- Kamaru, un prophète kikuyu chrétien -- La religion prophétique comme cadre de compréhensiondu politique -- Une pédagogie du changement -- Une théorie de la causalité -- Kamaru et le renouveau du nationalisme kikuyu -- Un leader et pas un despote -- Les élections comme mode populaire d'action politique -- Les femmes et le nationalisme kikuyu contemporain -- Conclusion : Kamaru et les autres mises en scène kikuyu de la nation -- 3. Artistic Discourse and Gender Politics in the Gĩkũyũ Popular Song -- Approach and method -- Roots in patriarchy of popular song expression -- Patriarchal narrations -- Entry of the Queen: the woman talks back -- Conclusion -- 4. The Poetics of Gikũyũ mwomboko: Narrative as a Technique in HIV-AIDS Awareness Campaign in Rural Kenya -- Introduction -- Socio-historical origins of Mwomboko poetry -- Performance of Mwomboko poetry -- Arrangement and dance movements in Mwomboko -- Music and entertainment in response to HIV-Aids awareness -- The language of Mwomboko singers -- Conclusion -- 5. Hip-hop in Nairobi: recognition of an international movement and the main means of expression for the urban youth in poor residential areas -- From street "free style", to the studio, to the stage: the caseof Kalamashaka and MauMau camp -- The beginning of hip-hop in Nairobi -- Different influences -- The beginning of success -- Problems encountered -- The rappers' hopes -- Lyrics: the division between militant and non-militantrap -- Language of choice -- Major themes covered -- Conclusion.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789987449422
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789987449422
Language:
English
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