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Author:
Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ, author.
Title:
Unbury our dead with song / Mũkoma Wa Ngũgĩ.
Publisher:
Cassava Republic Press,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
249 pages ; 22 cm
Subject:
Ethiopians--Fiction.
Folk music--Ethiopia--Fiction.
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics--Fiction.
Sublime, The, in music--Fiction.
Ethiopians.
Nairobi (Kenya)--Fiction.
Kenya--Nairobi.
Fiction.
Fiction.
Fiction.
Summary:
In the heart of Nairobi, four musicians - The Diva, The Taliban Man, The Corporal and 70-year-old bartender Miriam - gather for a once in a lifetime competition, to see who can perform the best Tizita. In the audience is tabloid journalist John Thandi Manfredi, who is enthralled by their renditions of the Ethiopian blues. Desperate to learn more, he follows the musicians back to Ethiopia, hoping to uncover the secret to this haunting music. Manfredi's search takes him from the idyllic Ethiopian countryside to vibrant juke joints and raucous parties in Addis Ababa, set to a soundtrack of stirring Tizita performances. From the humble domesticity behind the Diva's glamorous façade, to the troubling question of the Corporal's military service past, Manfredi discovers that the many layers to this musical genre are reflected in the lives and secrets of its performers. A love letter to beauty, music and the imagination, Unbury Our Dead with Song captures how it feels have an encounter with the sublime.
ISBN:
1911115987
9781911115984
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1137849799
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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