Intonations
Subtitle: a social history of music and nation in Luanda, Angola, from 1945 to recent times
By: Marissa J. Moorman.
Series: New African histories series
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Athens, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780821418239; 9780821418246
Subjects: Music -- Social aspects -- Angola -- Luanda (Luanda); Music -- Political aspects -- Angola; Nationalism in music; Angola -- History -- Revolution, 1961-1975 -- Music and the revolution; Angola -- History -- Civil War, 1975-2002 -- Music and the war
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Musseques and urban culture; title: In the days of bota fogo : culture and the early nationalist struggle, 1947/61; title: Dueling bands and good girls : gender and music in Luanda's musseques, 1961/75; title: "Ngongo jami" (my suffering) : lyrics, daily life, and social space, 1956/74; title: Radios, turntables, and vinyl : technology and the imagined community, 1961/75; title: The hiatus : music, dissent, and nation building after independence, 1975/90s.