Description
About the Author
Frank Gunderson is associate professor of ethnomusicology at Florida State University.
Reviews
The Legacy of Tanzanian Musicians Muhidin Gurumo and Hassan Bitchuka is an essential book about east African popular music. Through storytelling that integrates compelling ethnographic accounts and secondary sources, Frank Gunderson meticulously examines the creative lives of two masterminds behind the popular muziki wa dansi scene. He unveils a rare archive of the undocumented history and practice of Tanzanian rhumba music. -- Damascus Kafumbe, Middlebury College, author of Tuning the Kingdom: Kawuugulu Musical Performance, Politics, and Storytelling in Buganda
Much of the scholarship on African music tell readers a lot about African musical styles and genres, but very little about the human subjects who create, perform, and use them. By examining the life, musical output, and style of Muhidin Gurumo and Hassan Bitchuka, while broaching along the way issues of politics, economics, and spirituality, Gunderson unpacks in a singular text a uniquely Tanzanian musical lifeworld that is rooted in an African worldview. This is a must-read text, and a pointer to an important new direction in African musicology. -- Austin C. Okigbo, University of Colorado, Boulder
Finally! Rhumba Kiserebuka firmly situates musical biography in the center of the ethnomusicological canon. Gunderson's comprehensive ethnographic study of two great Tanzanian musicians and the trajectory of their careers-from governmental and government-affiliated parastatal affiliation to independent musicians-is a tour de force and will quickly become the standard for all historical work in ethnomusicology. -- Gregory Barz, Vanderbilt University, President, Society for Ethnomusicology
Book Information
ISBN 9781498564397
Author Frank Gunderson
Format Hardback
Page Count 356
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 694g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 161mm * 29mm