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Fiddling in West Africa – Touching the Spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba Cultures de Jacqueline Cogd Djedje

Fiddling in West Africa – Touching the Spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba Cultures

Autor Jacqueline Cogd Djedje
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 feb 2008
Fiddling has had a lengthy history in Africa which has long been ignored. Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje corrects this oversight with an expansive study on fiddling in the Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures of West Africa. DjeDje not only explains the history of the instrument itself, but also discusses the processes of stylistic transference and adaptation, suggesting how these may have contributed to differing performance practices. Additionally, DjeDje delves into the music, the performance context, the musicians behind the fiddle, the meaning of the instrument, and its use in these three cultures. This detailed work helps the reader understand and appreciate three little-known musical cultures in West Africa and the fiddle's influence upon them.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253219299
ISBN-10: 0253219299
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 19 b&w photographs, 34 figures, 10 maps
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
Locul publicării:United States

Cuprins

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Master Fiddler and a Significant but Little-Known Tradition
1. Fiddling in West Africa: Understanding the Culture Area
2. An Affirmation of Identity: Fulbe Fiddling in Senegambia
3. Calling the Bori Spirits: Hausa Fiddling in Nigeria
4. In Service to the King: Dagbamba Fiddling in Ghana
Conclusion
Appendix: Distribution of the One-Stringed Fiddle
Notes
List of References
Discography and Videography
Index

Recenzii

"This broad comparative approach synthesizing several decades of research is groundbreaking in both ethnomusicology and African studies, and the author has the expertise and authority to accomplish such a difficult project." Eric Charry, Wesleyan University

“If you’ve always associated west African music with drumming, think again: this enjoyable and immensely readable book explains the vital importance of the dynamic and highly developed traditions of the fiddle in this part of the world, which reach back at least 300 years and possible much further. Jacqueline Cogdell Djedje, professor and chair of ethnomusicology at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), draws on her own field studies conducted between 1973 and 2003 to provide a comprehensive survey of the instrument in the three main musical cultures of west Africa: Fulbe, Hausa and Dagbamba.

The scope of this fascinating and painstakingly researched study is broad, but it is also methodically focussed.... She examines aspects of the fiddle tradition as the history of the instrument , contexts for performance, social status of its players, ensemble organisation, the music’s stylistic features and the profiles of players from each culture. “ – Catherine Nelson, The Strand, October 2009

"Fiddling in West Africa furnishes substantive and intelligent answers to various questions about the nature and purpose of fiddling in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba. Djedje makes a significant contribution to ethnomusicology with far-reaching impact across disciplinary boundaries. Fiddling in West Africa is an invaluable resource for students and scholars, as well as the general public." —American Ethnologist, Volume 36, No. 3, August 2009

"Fiddling in West Africa . . . Is a phenomenal addition to critical literature on African music in particular and ethnomusicology in general. This seminal publication represents an excellent consummation of a sustained scholarship on a West African music tradition that spans three decades." —Intl. Journal of African Historical Studies, May 2008

Notă biografică

Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje

Descriere

The first multidisciplinary exploration in the role of the fiddle in African culture