Rumba Rules - 9780822341123
Un libro in lingua di White Bob W. edito da Duke Univ Pr, 2008
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Drawing partly on his experiences as a member of a local dance band in the country's capital city Kinshasa, White offers extraordinarily vivid accounts of the live music scene, including the relatively recent phenomenon of libanga, which involves shouting the names of wealthy or powerful people during performances in exchange for financial support or protection. With dynamic descriptions of how bands practiced, performed, and splintered, White highlights how the ways that power was sought and understood in Kinshasa's popular music scene mirrored the charismatic authoritarianism of Mobutu's rule. In Rumba Rules, Congolese speak candidly about political leadership, social mobility, and what it meant to be a bon chef (good leader) in Mobutu's Zaire.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Rumba Rules
- Sottotitolo: The Politics of Dance Music in Mobutu's Zaire
- Lingua: English
- Autore: White Bob W.
- Editore: Duke Univ Pr
- Collana: Duke Univ Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 30 Giugno '08
- Genere: SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Argomenti : Popular music Political aspects Congo (Democratic Republic Popular music Social aspects Congo (Democratic Republic Music and state Congo (Democratic Republic) History 20th century
- Pagine: 300
- Dimensioni mm: 234 x 152 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0822341123
- EAN-13: 9780822341123