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Title In step with the times : mapiko masquerades of Mozambique / Paolo Israel.
Publisher Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press
Creation Date 2014
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Language
Introduction: Rhythms of Change
Part One: Directions
1: The War of Sexes
2: Passage, Secrecy, Rivalry
Part Two: Cosmopolitanism (1917-62)
3: Meat Is Meat
4: Masters of Play
5: Lowland Nights
6: Migrant Tunes
Part Three: Revolution (1962-92)
7: Ten Years of War
8: Youth Power
9: Faceless Spirits
Part Four: After Socialism (1992-2009)
10: Don't Go Astray
11: Puppets and Machetes
Epilogue: Resurrections
Notes
Glossary of Shimakonde Terms
Mapiko Genres and Other Dance Genres
Makonde Drums and Other Musical Instruments
BibliographyIndex
Series New African Histories
Extent 1 online resource (349 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2014
National Library system number 997010715111805171
MARC RECORDS
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