The Garland handbook of African music

The Garland Handbook of African Music is comprised of essays from The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Volume 1, Africa, (1997). Revised and updated, the essays offer detailed, regional studies of the different musical cultures of Africa and examine the ways in which music helps to define the identity of this particular area.

Partnbsp;One provides an in-depth introduction to Africa. Partnbsp;Two focuses on issues and processes, such as notation and oral tradition, dance in communal life, and intellectual property. Partnbsp;Three focuses on the different regions, countries, and cultures of Africa with selected regional case studies.

The second edition has been expanded to include exciting new scholarship that has been conducted since the first edition was published. Questions for Critical Thinking at the end of each major section guide and focus attention on what musical and cultural issues arise when one studies the music of Africanbsp;-- issues that might not occur in the study of other musics of the world. An accompanying audio compact disc offers musical examples of some of the music of Africa.

• List of Audio Examples p. ix
• List of Contributors p. xi
• Preface to the Second Edition p. xiii
• Acknowledgments p. xviii
• Orthography p. xix
• Part 1 Introduction to African Music p. 1
• Profile of Africa p. 2 Ruth M. Stone
• African Music in a Constellation of Arts p. 7 Ruth M. Stone
• Exploring African Music p. 13 Ruth M. Stone
• Part 2 Issues and Processes in African Music p. 23
• Notation and Oral Tradition p. 24 Kay Kaufman Shelemay
• Conceptions of Song: Ownership, Rights, and African Copyright Law p. 44 Alex Perullo
• Dance in Communal Life p. 54 Patience A. Kwakwa
• Islam in Liberia p. 63 Lester P. Monts
• The Guitar in Africa p. 88 Andrew L. Kaye
• Kru Mariners and Migrants of the West African Coast p. 110 Cynthia Schmidt
• Popular Music in Africa p. 124 Angela Impey
• Music and HIV/AIDS in Africa p. 148 Gregory Barz and Judah Cohen
• Questions for Critical Thinking: Issues and Processes in African Music p. 160
• Part 3 Regional Case Studies p. 163
• West Africa p. 164
• West Africa: An Introduction p. 166 Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje
• Yoruba Popular Music p. 198 Christopher A. Waterman
• "The Tradition" and Identity in a Diversifying Context p. 216 Daniel B. Reed
• Questions for Critical Thinking: West Africa p. 237
• North Africa p. 238
• North Africa: An Introduction p. 240 Caroline Card Wendt
• Tuareg Music p. 258 Aroline Card Wendt
• From Village to Vinyl: Genealogies of New Kabyle Song p. 281 Jane E. Goodman
• Questions for Critical Thinking: North Africa p. 297
• East Africa p. 298
• East Africa: An Introduction p. 300 Peter Cooke
• Music and the Construction of Identity among the Abayudaya (Jewish People) of Uganda p. 312 Jeffrey A. Summit
• Questions for Critical Thinking: East Africa p. 325
• Central Africa p. 326
• Central Africa: An Introduction p. 328 Gerhard Kubik
• Musical Life in the Central African Republic p. 362 Michelle Kisliuk
• Questions for Critical Thinking: Central Africa p. 378
• Southern Africa p. 380
• Southern Africa: An Introduction p. 382 John E. Kaemmer
• Popular Music in South Africa p. 406 David B. Coplan
• Dance and Gender as Contested Sites in Southern Malawian Presbyterian Churches p. 429 Clara E. Henderson
• Questions for Critical Thinking: South Africa p. 449
• General Questions for the Whole Book p. 450
• Glossary p. 451
• A Guide to Publications p. 469
• A Guide to Recordings p. 479
• A Guide to Films and Videos p. 484
• Notes on the Audio Examples p. 486
• Index p. 491