Music
In this area we present books, electronic publications, journals, articles and monographs dealing with music and the anthropology of music in a non-European context.
Books
- Katrin Pfeiffer: Sprache und Musik in Mandinka-Erzählungen. With an English Summary
- Dorothea E. Schulz: Perpetuating the Politics of Praise. Jeli Singers, Radios, and Political Mediation in Mali
- Inge Brinkman (ed.): Singing in the Bush. MPLA Songs during the War for Independence in South-East Angola (1966–1975) [Presentation and analysis of the songs texts]
Electronic Publications
- Dagmar Wagner-Robertz: Liedtexte der Dama, Südwestafrika / Namibia
- Dagmar Wagner-Robertz: Ein Heilungsritual der Dama, Südwestafrika / Namibia
Journals
- Iwalewa Forum – Working Papers in African Arts and Cultures, containing
- Gerd Grupe: Traditional mbira Music of the Shona (Zimbabwe)
- Rainer Polak: Jenbe Music in Bamako (Mali)
Articles in collected papers
- Jules Bagalwa–Mapatano: "La chanson populaire politique face à la violence politique au Congo-Zaïre post-Mobutu", in: African Media Cultures - Transdisciplinary Perspectives · Cultures de médias en Afrique - Perspectives transdisciplinaires, pp. 193-214.
- Getie Gelaye: "Text analysis in children's songs in Amharic", in: Aktuelle Forschungen zu afrikanischen Sprachen. Sprachwissenschaftliche Beiträge zum 14. Afrikanistentag, Hamburg 11.–14. Oktober 2000, pp. 291-305.
- Werner Graebner: "Mambo - Moderne Textformen und rezente Sprachentwicklung in Dar es Salaam", in: Swahili Handbuch, pp. 263-277. [deals, among other things, with the taarab, a variety of modern popular music among the Swahili]
- Werner Graebner: "The Interaction of Swahili Taarab Music and the Record Industry. A Historical Perspective (Tanzania)", in: African Media Cultures - Transdisciplinary Perspectives · Cultures de médias en Afrique - Perspectives transdisciplinaires, pp. 171-192.
- Hans Peter Hahn: "Musikinstrumente", in: Die materielle Kultur der Konkomba, Kabyé und Lamba in Nord-Togo, pp. 218-228. [contains descriptions and illustrations of musical instruments of the described ehtnic groups]
- Emmanuelle Olivier: "Bushman vocal music - The illusion of polyphony", in: Language, Identity, and Conceptualization among the Khoisan, pp. 359-370.
- Katrin Pfeiffer: "Taaling Songs", in: Mandinka Spoken Art, pp. 296-307. [taaling songs means the combination of folk tales and accompanying music among the Mandinka]
- Rainer Polak: "Die Kommerzialisierung der Hochzeitsfestmusik in Bamako", in: Blick nach vorn. Festgabe für Gerd Spittler zum 65. Geburtstag, pp. 235-249.
- Michael Schlottner: "Oral Traditions concerning musical instruments in north-eastern Ghana", in: Perspektiven afrikanistischer Forschung, pp. 339-341.
- Hugh van Skyhawk: "Underground Music in Gilgit", in: CAK 4 Karakorum - Hindukush - Himalaya: Dynamics of Change, pp. 663-672. [deals with the popular socially critical songs called (Qiqit, Ticklings) by Ghulam Abbas Golden alias Diro (The Bullet)]
- Raimund Vogels: "Kanuri Drum Ensembles - A Comparative Study of Mara, Ganga kura, Bala and Zowuzowu", in: Advances in Kanuri Scholarship, pp. 263-277.
- Hans-Ingolf Weier: "Liedformen in den Märchen der Sanga", in: Sprachen und Sprachzeugnisse in Afrika. Eine Sammlung philologischer Beiträge, Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig zum 60. Geburtstag zugeeignet, pp. 443-458.
Monographs
- Till Förster: Zerrissene Entfaltung [Aspects dealt with: Music on ritual occasions (pp. 444), musical instruments of the smiths (461), music at a funeral ritual (pp. 565)]
- Sigrid Schmidt: Tricksters, Monsters and Clever Girls. African Folktales - Texts and Discussions [musical notation of songs included in three fairy tales]
- Sigrid Schmidt: Zaubermärchen in Afrika. Erzählungen der Damara und Nama [[contains musical notation for a song included in a fairy tale]