Music in Kenyan Christianity : Logooli Religious Song

Music in Kenyan Christianity : Logooli Religious Song / Jean Ngoya Kidula.

This study is a historical, cultural, and musical exploration of Christian religious music among the Logooli of Western Kenya. It describes how new musical styles developed through contact with popular radio and other media from abroad and became markers of the Logooli identity and culture. The auth...

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Main Author: Kidula, Jean Ngoya (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Series:Ethnomusicology multimedia.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Songs, Logooli > History and criticism > 20th century.
Logooli (African people) > Music > History and criticism.
Church music > Kenya.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
MUSIC > Ethnomusicology.
Church music
Kenya
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:This study is a historical, cultural, and musical exploration of Christian religious music among the Logooli of Western Kenya. It describes how new musical styles developed through contact with popular radio and other media from abroad and became markers of the Logooli identity and culture. The author narrates this history of a community through music and religious expression in local, national, and global settings. The book is enhanced by audiovisual material on the Ethnomusicology Multimedia series website.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 290 pages) : illustrations, map, music
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-278), discography (page 278) and index.
ISBN:9780253007025
025300702X
Language:English.

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