Fiddling in West Africa
Subtitle: touching the spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures
By: Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780253349248; 9780253219299
Subjects: Music -- Africa, West -- History and criticism; Fiddling -- Africa, West
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ), discography (p.   ), videography (p.   ), and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : A master fiddler and a significant but little-known tradition; title: Fiddling in West Africa : understanding the culture area; title: An affirmation of identity : Fulbe fiddling in Senegambia; title: Calling the Bori spirits : Hausa fiddling in Nigeria; title: In service to the king : Dagbamba fiddling in Ghana.