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Author:
DjeDje, Jacqueline Cogdell
Title:
Fiddling in West Africa : touching the spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures / Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje.
Publisher:
Indiana University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
x, 337 p. : ill., maps, music ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Music--Africa, West--History and criticism.
Fiddling--Africa, West.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-318), discography and videography (p. [319]-324), and index.
Contents:
Introduction : A master fiddler and a significant but little-known tradition -- Fiddling in West Africa : understanding the culture area -- An affirmation of identity : Fulbe fiddling in Senegambia -- Calling the Bori spirits : Hausa fiddling in Nigeria -- In service to the king : Dagbamba fiddling in Ghana.
ISBN:
0253219299 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780253219299 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253349249 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253349248 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)132584233
LCCN:
2007020501
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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