Download or read book Itin raires et convergences de musiques traditionnelles et modernes d Afrique written by Alpha Noël Malonga and published by Editions L'Harmattan. This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cet ouvrage pose des problématiques actuelles, cerne les limites et les perspectives du débat sur le langage musical en Afrique, dans un esprit de totale liberté ; il tente de comprendre les oeuvres de l'intérieur et de saisir le sens des musiques traditionnelles et modernes du continent noir et des influences qu'elles exercent les unes sur les autres. Il apporte en fin de compte un faisceau de clarté sur l'art musical africain.
Download or read book Itin raires et convergences des musiques traditionnelles et modernes d Afrique written by Kadima Nzuji Mukala and published by Editions L'Harmattan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Réunit des contributions issues du symposium international de musique africaine et d'ateliers organisés à Kinshasa en 2003 lors de la 4e édition du Festival panafricain de musique. Propose des études sur les nouveaux courants musicaux africains, les influences réciproques des musiques traditionnelles et modernes, les textes des chansons, les droits d'auteur ...
Download or read book Contemporary African Cultural Productions written by V. Y. Mudimbe and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2013 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All over Africa, an explosion in cultural productions of various genres is in evidence. Whether in relation to music, song and dance, drama, poetry, film, documentaries, photography, cartoons, fine arts, novels and short stories, essays, and (auto)biography; the continent is experiencing a robust outpouring of creative power that is as remarkable for its originality as its all-round diversity. Beginning from the late 1970s and early 1980s, the African continent has experienced the longest and deepest economic crises than at any other time since the period after the Second World War. Interestingly however, while practically every indicator of economic development was declining in nominal and/ or real terms for most aspects of the continent, cultural productions were on the increase. Out of adversity, the creative genius of the African produced cultural forms that at once spoke to crises and sought to transcend them. The current climate of cultural pluralism that has been produced in no small part by globalization has not been accompanied by an adequate pluralism of ideas on what culture is, and/or should be; nor informed by an equal claim to the production of the cultural - packaged or not. Globalization has seen to movement and mixture, contact and linkage, interaction and exchange where cultural flows of capital, people, commodities, images and ideologies have meant that the globe has become a space, with new asymmetries, for an increasing intertwinement of the lives of people and, consequently, of a greater blurring of normative definitions as well as a place for re-definition, imagined and real. As this book - Contemporary African Cultural Productions - has done, researching into African culture and cultural productions that derive from it allows us, among other things, to enquire into definitions, explore historical dimensions, and interrogate the political dimensions to presentation and representation. The book therefore offers us an intervention that goes beyond the normative literary and cultural studies' main foci of race, difference and identity; notions which, while important in themselves might, without the necessary historicizing and interrogating, result in a discourse that rather re-inscribes the very patterns that necessitate writing against. This book is an invaluable compendium to scholars, researchers, teachers, students and others who specialize on different aspects of African culture and cultural productions, as well as cultural centers and general readers.
Download or read book Religion Colonization and Decolonization in Congo 1885 1960 Religion colonisation et d colonisation au Congo 1885 1960 written by Vincent Viaene and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion in today’s Democratic Republic of Congo has many faces: from the overflowing seminaries and Marian shrines of the Catholic Church to the Islamic brotherhoods, from the healers of Kimban-guism to the televangelism of the booming Pentecostalist churches in the great cities, from the Orthodox communities of Kasai to the ‘invisible’ Mai Mai warriors in the brousse of Kivu. During the colonial period religion was no less central to people’s lives than it is today. More surprisingly, behind the seemingly smooth facade of missions linked closely to imperial power, faith and worship were already marked by diversity and dynamism, tying the Congo into broader African and global movements. The contributions in this book provide insight into the multifaceted history of the interaction between religion and colonization. The authors outline the institutional political framework, and focus on the challenge that old and new forms of slavery entailed for the missions. The atrocities committed at the time of the Congo Free State became an existential question for young Christian communities. In the Belgian Congo after 1908, more structural forms of colonial violence remained a key issue marking religious experiences. And yet, religion also acted as a bridge. The authors emphasize the role intermediaries such as catechists or medical assistants played in the African “appropriation” of Christianity. They examine the complex interaction with indigenous religious beliefs and practices, and zoom in on the part religions played in the independence movement, as well as on their reaction to independence itself. Coming at a moment when Belgium confronts its colonial past, this volume provides a timely reassessment of religion as a key factor.
Download or read book 8 Refonder l id al panafricaniste l aune de l intellectualit symbolique de la musique written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quelles sont les causes de l'échec du panafricanisme sur le sol africain ? Comment s'exprime et agit l'intellectualité de la musique africaine sur la thématique géopolitique du panafricanisme ? Quelle alternative la musique de variétés africaine offre-t-elle au projet panafricaniste d'Addis-Abeba dans le contexte actuel de la mondialisation? C'est à partir de ces questionnements que nous allons bâ. [...] Échec du panafricanisme Comme le conclut si bien Mwayila, c'est sur fond de cette divergence idéologique sur le panafricanisme que naît en 1963 l'OUA, dont le bilan est globalement négatif au regard des objectifs prévus, notamment à l'article 2 de sa charte fondatrice : le renforcement de la solidarité entre États et de la coordina- tion a buté sur l'échec du plan de Lagos (1980) et de la Communau. [...] Au sens idéologique comme au sens sociologique, il existe une pratique intellec- tuelle dans la profession de la chanson, à travers la représentation littéraire et artisti- que de la réalité sociale, en travaillant avec les mots, avec l'écrit (texte de chansons dans le livret de CD), avec l'image (photos de livret ou de pochette, vidéoclips), en symbolisant le réel par ces différents langages, et. [...] Conclusion : refonder le panafricanisme par l'intelligence de la musique populaire Sous forme de leçon de la leçon, notre conclusion a l'ambition de souligner que par son aspect réflexif, critique et révolutionnaire sur la société, la musique africaine (de variétés et du showbiz) engagée est une intelligence symbolique et géopolitique qui devrait éclairer l'Afrique sur la voie de la reconstruction. [...] Et de août 1996 à août 2003, les thématiques des quatre éditions déjà organisées par le Fespam en sont très éloquentes, à savoir « La musique au service de la paix et du développement » ; « La musique dans la construction de l'unité nationale et de la paix » ; « Mille tambours à l'unisson pour une Afrique sans frontières » ; et « Itinéraires et convergences des musiques traditionnelles et modernes.
Download or read book Itin raires et trajectoires du discours litt raire l anthropologie written by Pius Ngandu Nkashama and published by Editions L'Harmattan. This book was released on 2008 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rumba on the River written by Gary Stewart and published by Verso. This book was released on 2003-11-17 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captivating study of the flowering of Congo music, during the fight to consolidate their hard-won independence.
Download or read book Culture 2030 indicators written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dancing Prophets written by Steven M. Friedson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are saturated with music. Steven M. Friedson explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients, and drummed spirits.
Download or read book Schemata of Forgiveness for Democracy in Congo Kinshasa written by Joachim Kadima Kadiangandu and published by University Press of the South, Incorporated. This book was released on 2005 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Concept of Negritude in the Poetry of Leopold Sedar Senghor written by Sylvia Washington Ba and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Negritude has been defined by Léopold Sédar Senghor as "the sum of the cultural values of the black world as they are expressed in the life, the institutions, and the works of black men." Sylvia Washington Bâ analyzes Senghor's poetry to show how the concept of negritude infuses it at every level. A biographical sketch describes his childhood in Senegal, his distinguished academic career in France, and his election as President of Senegal. Themes of alienation and exile pervade Senghor's poetry, but it was by the opposition of his sensitivity and values to those of Europe that he was able to formulate his credo. Its key theme, and the supreme value of black African civilization, is the concept of life forces, which are not attributes or accidents of being, but the very essence of being. Life is an essentially dynamic mode of being for the black African, and it has been Senghor's achievement to communicate African intensity and vitality through his use of the nuances, subtleties, and sonorities of the French language. In the final chapter Sylvia Washington Bâ discusses the future of Senghor's belief that the black man's culture should be recognized as valid not simply as a matter of human justice, but because the values of negritude could be instrumental in the reintegration of positive values into western civilization and the reorientation of contemporary man toward life and love. Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Download or read book Innovate Bristol written by Sven Boermeester and published by . This book was released on 2019-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovate Bristol highlights and celebrates those companies and individuals that are actively working at building a better tomorrow for all. Innovation Ecosystems thrive through the involvement and support of companies and individuals from all industries, which is why the Innovate series not only focuses on the innovators but also those people whom the Innovation Ecosystem, would not be able to thrive without.
Download or read book Journey of Song written by Clare A. Ignatowski and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the long dry season, Tupuri men and women in northern Cameroon gather in gurna camps outside their villages to learn the songs that will be performed at widely attended celebrations to honor the year's dead. The gurna provides a space for them to join together in solidarity to care for their cattle, fatten their bodies, and share local stories. But why does the gurna remain meaningful in the modern nation-state of Cameroon? In Journey of Song, Clare A. Ignatowski explores the vitality of gurna ritual in the context of village life and urban neighborhoods. She shows how Tupuri songs borrow from political discourse on democracy in Cameroon and make light of human foibles, publicize scandals, promote the prestige of dancers, and provide an arena for powerful social commentary on the challenges of modern life. In the context of broad social change in Africa, Ignatowski explores the creative and communal process by which local livelihoods and identities are validated in dance and song.
Download or read book The Land and People of the Congo written by Louise Crane and published by HarperCollins Children's Books. This book was released on 1971 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the land, people, history, and customs of the country once known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Download or read book Africa Since 1935 written by Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hardcover edition of volume 8 was published in 1994. This paperback edition is the eighth and final volume to be published in the UNESCO General History of Africa. Volume 8 examines the period from 1935 to the present, and details the role of African states in the Second World War and the rise of postwar Africa. This is one of the most important books in the entire series, and as such, it is an unabridged paperback.
Download or read book French Ecocriticism written by Daniel A. Finch-Race and published by Studies in Literature, Culture, and the Environment / Studien zu Literatur, Kultur und Umwelt. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book expounds fruitful ways of analysing matters of ecology, environments, nature, and the non-human world in a broad spectrum of material in French. Scholars from Canada, France, Great Britain, Spain, and the United States examine the work of writers and thinkers including Michel de Montaigne, Victor Hugo, Émile Zola, Arthur Rimbaud, Marguerite Yourcenar, Gilbert Simondon, Michel Serres, Michel Houellebecq, and Éric Chevillard. The diverse approaches in the volume signal a common desire to bring together form and content, politics and aesthetics, theory and practice, under the aegis of the environmental humanities.
