Music and coexistence
Subtitle: a journey across the world in search of musicians making a difference
By: Osseily Hanna
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781442237537
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Popular music; Social aspects; Peace-building; Musicians; Music; World music; Music and conflict management; Political aspects; Political activity
Description: Explores the courageous work of musicians who compose and perform with their ostensible enemies or in extraordinary social situations, documenting the political and economic constraints faced by the musicians.
Notes: "Glossary": pages 179-182.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196), videographies, web resources (pages 183-184), and index.
Table of contents: title: Music and social inclusion. Songs of fraternity (Turkey); title: Rapping for peace and equality, G-town (Shuafat refugee camp); title: Where there is gold (South Africa); title: Albino Revolution Cultural Troupe (Tanzania); title: Oaxacan women (Mexico); title: Interlude 1. Argentine tango; title: Music and war. Notes from a divided island (Ireland); title: The art of making music in a divided city (Kosovo); title: Life after the genocide (Rwanda); title: Khmer Magic Music Bus (Cambodia); title: Interlude 2. Arto, Yașar, and Komitas (Anatolia); title: Music education programs. Heartbeat : amplifying youth voices (Israel); title: Poetry, samba, and soul (Brazil); title: Mariachis in Texas (United States of America); title: Postscript. Bukra fi mishmish (When the impossible becomes possible).