Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa
- ISBN-10
- 9987449425
- ISBN-13
- 9789987449422
- Category
- Africa, Eastern
- Pages
- 421
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- African Books Collective
- Authors
- Kimani Njogu, Hervé Maupeu
Description
This volume brings together essays on songs and politics in the region of Eastern Africa and beyond. The theme that cuts across the contributions is that songs are, in addition to their aesthetic appeal, vital tools for exploring how political and social events are shaped and understood by citizens. Urbanization, commercialization and globalization contributed to the vibrancy of East African popular music of the 1990s. It was a product of social processes inseparable from society, politics, and other critical issues of the day. The lyrics explored socials cosmology, world views, class and gender relations, interpretations of value systems, and other political, social and cultural practices, even as they entertained and provided momentary escape for audience members. Frustration, disenchantments, and emotional fatigue resulting from corrupt and dictatorial political systems that stifle the potential of citizens drove and still drive popular music in Eastern Africa as in most of Africa.
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