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Women's songs from West Africa

Title
Women's songs from West Africa [electronic resource] / edited by Thomas A. Hale and Aissata G. Sidikou.
Publication
Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2014.

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Additional Authors
  • Hale, Thomas A. (Thomas Albert), 1942-
  • Sidikou, Aïssata G.
Description
1 online resource (341 pages)
Uniform Title
Women's songs from West Africa (Online)
Subject
  • Music > Africa, West > History and criticism
  • Women musicians > Africa, West
  • West Africans > Music > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction : new perspectives on women's songs and singing in West Africa / Thomas A. Hale and Aissata G. Sidikou -- Wolof women break the taboo of sex through songs / Marame Gueye -- Jola kanyalen songs from the Casamance, Senegal : from "tradition" to globalization / Kirsten Langeveld -- Azna deities in the songs of Taguimba Bouzou : a window on the visible and invisible / Boubé Namaïwa -- Initiation and funeral songs from the Guro of Côte d'Ivoire / Ariane Deluz -- Praises performances by jalimusolu in the Gambia / Marloes Janson -- Saharan music : about a feminine modernity / Aline Tauzin -- Songs by Wolof women / Luciana Penna-Diaw -- A heroic performance by Siramori Diabaté in Mali / Brahima Camara and Jan Jansen -- Women's tattooing songs from Kajoor, Senegal / George Joseph -- Drummed poems by Songhay-Zarma women of Niger / Fatima Mounkaïla -- Space, language, and identity in the palm tree / Aissata G. Sidikou -- Bambara women's songs in southern Mali / Bah Diakité -- Patriarchy in songs and poetry by Zarma women / Aissata Niandou -- Muslim Hausa women's songs / Beverly B. Mack -- Lamentation and politics in the Sahelian song / Thomas A. Hale -- Transformations in Tuareg tende singing : women's voices and local feminisms / Susan J. Rasmussen -- Income strategies of a jelimuso in Mali and France / Nienke Muurling.
LCCN
2013012262
OCLC
ssj0001001418
Title
Women's songs from West Africa [electronic resource] / edited by Thomas A. Hale and Aissata G. Sidikou.
Imprint
Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2014.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Hale, Thomas A. (Thomas Albert), 1942-
Sidikou, Aïssata G.
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