Sing and sing on : sentinel musicians and the making of the Ethiopian American diaspora / Kay Kaufman Shelemay.

"In Sentinel Musicians of the Ethiopian American Diaspora, Kay Kaufman Shelemay shares more than forty years of research among Ethiopian musicians in the midst of a widespread and evolving diaspora. Beginning on the eve of the Ethiopian revolution in 1974 all the way up to the present day, Shelemay...

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Uniform Title:Chicago studies in ethnomusicology.
Main Author: Shelemay, Kay Kaufman (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022.
Series:Chicago studies in ethnomusicology.
Subjects:
Ethiopian Americans > Music.
Ethiopians > United States > Music.
Musicians > Ethiopia.
Musicians > United States.
Music > Social aspects > United States.
Music > Social aspects > Ethiopia.
Music > Political aspects > Ethiopia.
Music > Political aspects > United States.
Ethiopian Americans.
Ethiopians.
Music > Political aspects.
Music > Social aspects.
Musicians.
Ethiopia.
United States.
Music.
Genre:
Music.
Physical Description:xxx, 438 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Frameworks. Thresholds : ethnography, history, biography; Mobilities : people and music in motion; Senses : Ethiopian sensory thought and practice
  • Processes. Conflicts : revolutionary musical lives; Movements : pathways to asylum; Communities : places and politics in diaspora
  • Transformations. Sounds : performing identity, mobility, and the Ethiopian sound; Signs: the genealogy of orchestra Ethiopia at home and abroad; Creativities: musical invention and diasporic challenges; Horizons; rediscovering heritage and returning to homeland
  • Afterword : sentinel musicians in global perspective.