Singing for life : HIV/AIDS and music in Uganda /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Barz, Gregory F., 1960-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2006.
Subjects:	Music therapy > Uganda. AIDS (Disease) > Prevention > Uganda. AIDS (Disease) > Songs and music. AIDS (Disease) > Drama. AIDS (Disease) > Religious aspects. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > prevention & control > Uganda. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > therapy > Uganda. Music Therapy > Uganda.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

Prelude : "Those who do not listen to our songs and change their behavior will land in problems"
Introduction : "Music is taken as a medicine" : singing for life in a time of AIDS
HIV/AIDS, jackfruit, and banana weevils : music and medical interventions in Uganda
Interlude 1 : Florence Kumunhyu's testimony
What you sing nourishes your body like food
Interlude 2 : Our problems are bigger than AIDS
A conversation with Dr. Alex Muganzi Muganga
No one will listen to us unless we bring our drums! : AIDS and women's music performance in Uganda
Interlude 3 : Stick to one person : Nawaikoke village women's ensemble
Today we have naming of parts : Languaging AIDS through music
Interlude 4 : Excerpts from an interview with the Bukato Youth Fellowship
Singing in a language AIDS can hear : Music, AIDS, and religion
Interlude 5 : Conversation with Faustus Baziri, director of Volset
Re-memorying memory : HIV/AIDS and the performance of cultural memory
Interlude 6 : Taso drama group testimonies
Conclusion : Getting the message across without music is sometimes shaky.