Women''s Voices From West Africa - An Anthology of Songs From the Sahel

Informationen zum Autor edited by Aissata G. Sidikou, Thomas A. Hale Klappentext Women's Voices from West Africa opens a new window on women's changing roles in contemporary Africa. Zusammenfassung Discusses African women's verbal art Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: The Powerful Voices of Women in Song Song Lyrics 1. Marriage 2. Children 3. Women in Society 4. Death Appendix: Original Transcriptions of Selected Songs Bibliography Index

List of contents

Preface
Introduction: The Powerful Voices of Women in Song
Song Lyrics
1. Marriage
2. Children
3. Women in Society
4. Death
Appendix: Original Transcriptions of Selected Songs
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Aissata G. Sidikou is Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies in the Department of Languages and Cultures at the United States Naval Academy. She is author of Recreating Words, Reshaping Worlds: The Verbal Art of Women from Niger, Mali, and Senegal.
Thomas A. Hale is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of African, French, and Comparative Literature in the Department of French and Francophone Studies and the Department of Comparative Literature at The Pennsylvania State University. He is author of Griots and Griottes: Masters of Words and Music (IUP, 1999) and editor (with John William Johnson and Stephen Belcher) of Oral Epics from Africa (IUP, 1997).

Product details

• Authors: Aissata G Sidikou, Aissata G. (EDT)/ Hale Sidikou, Aissata G. Hale Sidikou, Aissata Hale Sidikou, SIDIKOU AISSATA G HALE THOMAS A
• Assisted by: Thomas Hale (Editor), Thomas A Hale (Editor), Thomas A. Hale (Editor), Aissata Sidikou (Editor), Aissata G Sidikou (Editor), Aissata G. Sidikou (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2012
• EAN: 9780253356703
• ISBN: 978-0-253-35670-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Indiana University Press
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries