Representing African music : postcolonial notes, queries, positions / Kofi Agawu.
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TextPublication details: New York ; London : Routledge, 2003Description: 304 p. : music ; 23 cmISBN: 9780415943901 (pbk.) :; 0415943906 (pbk.) :; 9780415943895 (hbk.) :; 0415943892 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Music -- Africa -- History and criticism | Postcolonialism -- AfricaDDC classification: 780.9'67 Summary: Who writes about African music, how, and why? What assumptions and prejudices influence the presentation of ethnographic data? To what orders of authority do scholars appeal? This study aims to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African music.
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Who writes about African music, how, and why? What assumptions and prejudices influence the presentation of ethnographic data? To what orders of authority do scholars appeal? This study aims to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African music.
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