Bamako Sounds tells the story of an African city, its people, their
values, and their music. Centered on the music and musicians of
Bamako, Mali’s booming capital city, this book reveals a
community of artists whose lives and works evince a complex world
shaped by urban culture, postcolonialism, musical expression,
religious identity, and intellectual property. Drawing on years of
ethnographic research with classically trained players of the kora
(a twenty-one-string West African harp) as well as more
contemporary, hip-hop influenced musicians and producers, Ryan
Thomas Skinner analyzes how Bamako artists balance social
imperatives with personal interests and global imaginations.
Whether performed live on stage, broadcast on the radio, or shared
over the Internet, music is a privileged mode of expression that
suffuses Bamako’s urban soundscape. It animates professional
projects, communicates cultural values, pronounces public piety,
resounds in the marketplace, and quite literally performs the
nation. Music, the artists who make it, and the audiences who
interpret it thus represent a crucial means of articulating and
disseminating the ethics and aesthetics of a varied and vital
Afropolitanism, in Bamako and beyond.
General
Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
A Quadrant Book |
Release date: |
June 2015 |
Authors: |
Ryan Thomas Skinner
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
248 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8166-9350-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Music >
General
Books >
Music >
General
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LSN: |
0-8166-9350-1 |
Barcode: |
9780816693504 |
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