Sound fragments : from field recording to African electronic stories /
An ethnographic study of the creative decolonization of the International Library of African Music in South Africa, the world's largest archive of field recordings of African music.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Middletown, Connecticut :
Wesleyan University Press,
[2022].
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| Series: | Music/culture.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I : Colonial microphones. Hugh Tracey records the Sound of Africa ; Listening behind field recordings
- Part II : Local voices. Donkey cart curation, Xhosa anthems, and township terms ; Art and community activism around the Archive ; The Black Power station ; Conclusion : Curating sound stories ; Epilogue 1 : Sikhona siphila phakathi kwenu ; Epilogue 2 : Conversations around hip hop ; Epilogue 3 : Umntu ngumntu ngabantu
- Appendix 1 : Listening sessions and personal interviews (2008-2019)
- Appendix 2 : Song translations.