DUELING BANDS AND GOOD GIRLS: GENDER, MUSIC, AND NATION IN LUANDA'S MUSSEQUES, 1961-1974.
The article explores the relationship between gender and the musical production of the nation in Luanda, Angola's musseques, that is, urban shanty towns. Urban Africans took advantage of reforms in colonial policy instituted between 1961 and 1974 to improve their daily lives, carve out new cultural...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of African Historical Studies Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 255 - 289 |
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Trustees of Boston University, acting through its African Studies Center
2004
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| Sumario: | The article explores the relationship between gender and the musical production of the nation in Luanda, Angola's musseques, that is, urban shanty towns. Urban Africans took advantage of reforms in colonial policy instituted between 1961 and 1974 to improve their daily lives, carve out new cultural spaces, and create new artistic practices. The production of a local form of urban popular music, called semba, was at the forefront of this process. The author argues that the gendered dynamic of musical production and of the music scene helps account for a shift in the involvement of women as cultural producers. |
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