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Ancient text messages of the Yorùbá bàtá drum : cracking the code /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Villepastour, Amanda, 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2010]
Series:SOAS musicology series.
Subjects:
Batá music > History and criticism.
Drum language > Nigeria.
Yoruba (African people) > Music > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • The telegraph without wire
  • An extension of mouth: how the bàtá talks
  • Other voices: the Omele Méta and the Ìyáàlù Dùndún
  • Speaking in codes: Enà Bàtá
  • Epilogue: Bàtá is the mouthpiece of Awo.