Women's songs from West Africa
Women's songs from West Africa [electronic resource] /
edited by Thomas A. Hale and Aissata G. Sidikou.
- Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2013.
- 1 online resource (pages cm.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : new perspectives on women's songs and singing in West Africa / Wolof women break the taboo of sex through songs / Jola kanyalen songs from the Casamance, Senegal : from "tradition" to globalization / Azna deities in the songs of Taguimba Bouzou : a window on the visible and invisible / Initiation and funeral songs from the Guro of Côte d'Ivoire / Praises performances by jalimusolu in the Gambia / Saharan music : about a feminine modernity / Songs by Wolof women / A heroic performance by Siramori Diabate in Mali / Women's tattooing songs from Kajoor, Senegal / Drummed poems by Songhay-Zarma women of Niger / Space, language, and identity in the palm tree / Bambara women's songs in southern Mali / Patriarchy in songs and poetry by Zarma women / Muslim Hausa women's songs / Lamentation and politics in the Sahelian song / Transformations in Tuareg tende singing : women's voices and local feminisms / Income strategies of a jelimuso in Mali and France / Thomas A. Hale and Aissata G. Sidikou -- Marame Gueye -- Kirsten Langeveld -- Boube Namaïwa -- Ariane Deluz -- Marloes Janson -- Aline Tauzin -- Luciana Penna-Diaw -- Brahima Camara and Jan Jansen -- George Joseph -- Fatima Mounkaïla -- Aissata G. Sidikou -- Bah Diakite -- Aissata Niandou -- Beverly B. Mack -- Thomas A. Hale -- Susan J. Rasmussen -- Nienke Muurling.
9780253010216
West Africans--Music.
Women musicians--Africa, West.
Music--History and criticism.--Africa, West
Electronic books.
ML3760 / .W66 2013
782.42082/0966
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : new perspectives on women's songs and singing in West Africa / Wolof women break the taboo of sex through songs / Jola kanyalen songs from the Casamance, Senegal : from "tradition" to globalization / Azna deities in the songs of Taguimba Bouzou : a window on the visible and invisible / Initiation and funeral songs from the Guro of Côte d'Ivoire / Praises performances by jalimusolu in the Gambia / Saharan music : about a feminine modernity / Songs by Wolof women / A heroic performance by Siramori Diabate in Mali / Women's tattooing songs from Kajoor, Senegal / Drummed poems by Songhay-Zarma women of Niger / Space, language, and identity in the palm tree / Bambara women's songs in southern Mali / Patriarchy in songs and poetry by Zarma women / Muslim Hausa women's songs / Lamentation and politics in the Sahelian song / Transformations in Tuareg tende singing : women's voices and local feminisms / Income strategies of a jelimuso in Mali and France / Thomas A. Hale and Aissata G. Sidikou -- Marame Gueye -- Kirsten Langeveld -- Boube Namaïwa -- Ariane Deluz -- Marloes Janson -- Aline Tauzin -- Luciana Penna-Diaw -- Brahima Camara and Jan Jansen -- George Joseph -- Fatima Mounkaïla -- Aissata G. Sidikou -- Bah Diakite -- Aissata Niandou -- Beverly B. Mack -- Thomas A. Hale -- Susan J. Rasmussen -- Nienke Muurling.
9780253010216
West Africans--Music.
Women musicians--Africa, West.
Music--History and criticism.--Africa, West
Electronic books.
ML3760 / .W66 2013
782.42082/0966