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Author Dor, George Worlasi Kwasi, author.

Title West African drumming and dance in North American universities : an ethnomusicological perspective / George Worlasi Kwasi Dor.

Publication Info. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.

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 Axe ACLS Humanities E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition First printing.
Description 1 online resource (x, 314 pages) : illustrations
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Note First printing 2014.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-299) and index.
Contents Historical overview of West African drumming and dance in North America, from the period of slavery (1619-1863) until the early 1960s -- Selected university ensembles : history, resources, repertoire, teaching, learning, performance(s), and reception -- Pedagogical approaches of dance drumming instructors -- The impact of West African drumming and dance on the participating student -- Path-finding agency of administrators and ensemble directors -- A transplanted musical practice flourishing in the African diaspora -- World music and globalization : West African drum-dance ensembles.
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
Note All rights reserved.
Subject Drum -- Instruction and study -- North America.
Drum -- Africa, West -- Influence.
Dance -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- North America.
Dance, Black -- Africa, West -- Influence.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author American Council of Learned Societies.
Added Title ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
ISBN 1617039144 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781617039157 (ebook)
1617039152 (ebook)
9781496802583
1496802586
9781617039140 hardcover
9781496802583 paperback
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