Trends in African Musicology: A Review Article

Book Review| February 01 2012 Trends in African Musicology: A Review Article Female Voices from an Ewe Dance Drumming Community in Ghana: Our Music Has Become a Divine Spirit. James Burns. 2009. Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishers. SOAS Musicology Series. vii, 215 pp. , figures, diagrams, tables, glossary, maps, music examples, photographs, bibliography, index, DVD. Cloth, 59. 95. Fiddling in West Africa: Touching the Spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba Cultures. Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje. 2008. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ix, 337 pp. , figures, maps, photographs, music examples, appendix, bibliography, discography, videography, index. Paper, 25. 95. Polyphonies du Nord-Cameroun. Nathalie Fernando. 2011. Société d’Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France. Paris: Peeters/SELAF. xvii, 341 pp. , figures, tables, music examples, photographs, bibliography, discography, DVD-ROM. Paper, 60. 97. Moderne Traditionen: Studien zur postkolonialen Musikgeschichte Ghanas. Tobias Robert Klein. 2008. Berlin: Peter Lang. 280 pp. , tables, photographs, music examples, bibliography, appendix. Paper, 153. 80. Theory of African Music, Volume 2. Gerhard Kubik. 2010. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. v, 359 pp. , figures, tables, photographs, music examples, bibliography, indexes, CD. Paper, 30. 00. Musical Sense and Musical Meaning: An Indigenous African Perception. Meki Nzewi, Israel Anyahuru, and Tom Ohiaraumuna. 2009. Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers; Pretoria: UNISA Press. vii, 269 pp. , figures, diagrams, photographs, music examples, bibliography, appendix. Paper, 38. 00. Kofi Agawu Kofi Agawu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnomusicology (2012) 56 (1): 133–140. https: //doi. org/10. 5406/ethnomusicology. 56. 1. 0133 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Kofi Agawu; Trends in African Musicology: A Review Article. Ethnomusicology 1 January 2012; 56 (1): 133–140. doi: https: //doi. org/10. 5406/ethnomusicology. 56. 1. 0133 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressEthnomusicology Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2012 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.