Musical figures of enslavement and resistance in Semzaba's Kiswahili play Tendehogo.

This article examines the use of musical figures in a Kiswahili play, Tendehogo. Written by an eminent Tanzanian playwright named Edwin Semzaba, the play recounts how slave trade was conducted by Arab traders in East Africa during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It tells about the experienc...

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Published in:	African Studies Vol. 79; no. 3; pp. 323 - 339
Main Author:	Sanga, Imani
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2020
Subjects:	Slavery Slave trade Authorship Musicals Attitude (Psychology) Tanzania Tanganyika East Africa
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