Description: Sing and Sing on : Sentinel Musicians and the Making of the Ethiopian American Diaspora, Hardcover by Shelemay, Kay Kaufman, ISBN 022681016X, ISBN-13 9780226810164, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A sweeping history of Ethiopian musicians during and following the 1974 Ethiopian revolution.
Sing and Sing On is the first study of the forced migration of musicians out of the Horn of Africa dating from the 1974 Ethiopian revolution, a political event that overthrew one of the world’s oldest monarchies and installed a brutal military regime. Musicians were among the first to depart the region, their lives shattered by revolutionary violence, curfews, and civil war. Reconstructing the memories of forced migration, Sing and Sing On traces the challenges musicians faced amidst revolutionary violence and the critical role they played in building communities abroad.
Drawing on the recollections of dozens of musicians, Sing and Sing On details personal, cultural, and economic hardships experienced by musicians who have resettled in new locales abroad. Kay Kaufman Shelemay highlights their many artistic and social initiatives and the ways they have offered inspiration and leadership within and beyond a rapidly growing Ethiopian American diaspora. While musicians held this role as sentinels in Ethiopian culture long before the revolution began, it has taken on new meanings and contours in the Ethiopian diaspora. Th details the ongoing creativity of these musicians while exploring the attraction of return to their Ethiopian homeland over the course of decades abroad. Ultimately, Shelemay shows that musicians are uniquely positioned to serve this sentinel role as both guardians and challengers of cultural heritage.
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Book Title: Sing and Sing on : Sentinel Musicians and the Making of the Ethio
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Kay Kaufman Shelemay
Publication Name: Sing and Sing on : Sentinel Musicians and the Making of the Ethiopian American Diaspora
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2022
Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 26.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
