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Continuity and change : the significance of the Tsinza (Xylophone) among the Bura of northeast Nigeria
- Title
- Continuity and change : the significance of the Tsinza (Xylophone) among the Bura of northeast Nigeria / Christopher Yusufu Mtaku.
- Author
- Mtaku, Christopher Yusufu
- Publication
- Hildesheim : Universitätsverlag Hildesheim ; Hildesheim : Georg Olms Verlag, 2020.
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- Description
- 188 pages : illustrations (black and white), map; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This study concerns the Bura tsinza xylophone, an instrument that is closely associated with the Bura peoples' identity. The tsinza occupies an important position in Bura culture. Old musicians emphasize that it was originally an important funeral instrument. Today, however, the instrument has assumed other roles with an entirely different meaning for many in the society. The traditional context of use of the instrument is disappearing, but new contexts have surfaced that keep the instrument a lively art amongst the people. This study explores the oral history of the instruments, its traditional and contemporary contexts of use with an aim to understand why and in what ways the Bura maintain tsinza musical performance despite the gradual disappearance of its traditional context."--Back cover.
- Series Statement
- Center for World Music -- Studies in Music, 2367-4547 ; Band 5
- Uniform Title
- Studies in music (Center for World Music (Hildesheim, Germany)) ; Bd. 5.
- Subject
- Bura (African people) > Music
- Bura (African people) > Social life and customs
- Xylophone > Nigeria > History
- Percussion instruments > Nigeria > History
- Musical instruments > Nigeria
- Folk music > Nigeria
- Ethnology > Nigeria
- Percussion instruments
- Musical instruments
- Folk music
- Ethnology
- Civilization
- Bura (African people)
- Xylophone
- Nigeria > Civilization
- Nigeria
- Genre/Form
- Music.
- History.
- Note
- Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Hildesheim.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-188).
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The relationship between past and present -- 3. The regional context and environment -- 4. The Bura tsinza xylophone -- 5. A linguistic approach to the description of Bura musical instruments -- 6. The tsinza in its tradition context -- 7. The introduction of Christianity to Bura land -- 8. The tsinza in its contemporary context -- 9. Summary and conclusions.
- ISBN
- 9783487155326
- 348715532X
- OCLC
- 1153287872
- on1153287872
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library