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Change, innovation and continuity in the performance practice of traditional Luo instrumental genres in contemporary popular settings
(Rose A Omolo-Ongati, 2006)
Traditional Luo1 musical genres are consistently being eroded by the wave of urbanisation and the impact of Western culture. Although traditional Luo genres remain common and widely appreciated in contemporary musical ...
Children and Hiv/aids: Questioning Vulnerability in Western Kenya
(Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2006)
The cultural marriage music of the Abaluhya: Song text as a mode of discourse
(Centering on African practice in musical arts education. Edited by M. Mans. Cape Town: African Minds, 2006)
In this chapter, I discuss how the indigenous marriage music of the Abaluhya takes a special role in relaying messages to the bridal couple. Through song, performers acquire special licence to use some text, which in ...
The substance of African Divine Church choral music
(Cape Town: African Minds, 2006)
Choral music in Africa could be classified asWestern“art”, African“art”or indigenous
African choral music, which includes traditional“classical”, ethnic, religious and folk
styles. All over Africa, indigenous choral ...