In the Time of Cannibals
The World Music of South Africa's Basotho Migrants
David Coplan(Author)
Wits University Press
Published on 31. December 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
226 pages
978-1-86814-276-7 (ISBN)
Description
The workers who migrate from Lesotho to South Africa have developed a genre of sung oral poetry that provides an account of what it is to be a migrant. This text discusses Basotho musical literature, taking into account historical conditions, political dynamics and social forces, as well as the styles, artistry and occasions of performance. Complete with transcriptions of full male and female performances, this book develops a theoretical and methodological framework intended to be of interest to anyone seeking to understand the relationship between ethnoaesthetics and text in the context of performance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Johannesburg
South Africa
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-86814-276-7 (9781868142767)
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