Music in East Africa: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (Global Music Series)

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Summary: How musical performances interact with local social systems
Review: Gregory Barz's MUSIC IN EAST AFRICA introduces readers to the historical and modern musical performances unique to East Africa.
Chapters in his MUSIC IN EAST AFRICA select individual musicians working in both traditional and contemporary fusions of sounds.
 Add eyewitness accounts of performances and descriptions of how musical performances interact with local social systems and you have a blend of music theory and anthropology unique to this series.