Fiddling in West Africa [electronic resource] : touching the spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures / Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje.
By: DjeDje, Jacqueline Cogdell.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Material type: BookPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008Description: ix, 337 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Music -- Africa, West -- History and criticism | Fiddling -- Africa, WestGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 787.20966 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to viewIncludes bibliographical references (p. [299]-318), discography (p. [319]-324) and index.
Introduction : A master fiddler and a significant but little-known tradition -- Fiddling in West Africa : understanding the culture area -- An affirmation of identity : Fulbe fiddling in Senegambia -- Calling the Bori spirits : Hausa fiddling in Nigeria -- In service to the king : Dagbamba fiddling in Ghana.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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