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The distinctive quality of African music lies in its rhythmic structure and scholarly work on this music has usually stressed drumming as the site at which 'complex' rhythms are cultivated. Kofi Agawu argues that drumming is only one among several modes of rhythmic expression and that a more fruitful approach to the understanding of African music is through spoken language. In this book, he constructs a soundscape of the Northern Ewe people of Ghana which demonstrates the pervasiveness of a variety of forms of rhythmic expression in their daily lives. He then devotes a chapter each to an analysis of rhythm in language, song, drumming and dancing, musical performance and folk narration. A concluding chapter addresses some of the ideological factors that have influenced the representation of African rhythm. An accompanying CD enables the reader to work closely with the speech and song discussed.

Table of Contents:
Prologue; 1. Rhythms of society; 2. Rhythms of language; 3. Rhythms of song; 4. Rhythms of drumming and dancing; 5. Rhythms of musical performance; 6. Rhythms of folktale performance; 7. Epilogue: representing African rhythm.

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..".I applaud the levelheaded way in which Agawu handles the ideologically and politically charged issue of representing African rhythm. Linguists, cultural anthropologists, folklorists, and scholars from a variety of other disciplines will find subject matter of interest, especially if the study of African cultures is central to what they do. Certianly any scholar or student interested in the study of rhythm in general, regardless of disciplinary affiliation, will find this a thought-provoking work." Roger Vetter, JAMS


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780521480840
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 237
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Northern Ewe Perspective
  • Width: 179 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0521480841
  • Publisher Date: 12 Oct 1995
  • Binding: SA
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 27 mm
  • Weight: 695 gr


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