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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961416703321

Autore

Cohen Judah M.

Titolo

Culture of AIDS in Africa : Hope and Healing Through Music and the Arts / / Cohen, Gregory Barz;Judah M

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-30320-5

9786613303202

0-19-978136-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (0 pages)

Disciplina

362.196/97920096

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease) - History and criticism - Songs and music - Africa

Music - Social aspects - Africa

AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects - Africa

AIDS (Disease) and the arts - Africa

Humanities

Lentivirus Infections

Culture

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral

Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes

Slow Virus Diseases

Virus Diseases

Sociology

Immune System Diseases

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Anthropology, Cultural

Retroviridae Infections

Disease

RNA Virus Infections

Social Sciences

Anthropology

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

HIV Infections

Music

Cultural Characteristics

Art

Music, Dance, Drama & Film

Music Philosophy

Electronic books.



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- The Culture of Aids in Africa: Hope and Healing Through Music and the Arts -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: The Culture of AIDS: Hope and Healing Through the Arts in Africa -- 2. Interlude: Singing for Life: Songs of Hope, Healing, and HIV/AIDS in Uganda -- 3. Born in Africa (1990): Documentary Transcript -- 4. Tears Run Dry: Coping with AIDS through Music in Zimbabwe -- 5. Singing in the Shadow of Death: African Musicians Respond to a Pandemic with Songs of Sorrow, Resistance, Advocacy, and Hope -- 6. Music, HIV/AIDS, and Social Change in Nairobi, Kenya -- 7. Interlude: Nyimbo za EDZI (Songs about AIDS) -- 8. Using Music to Combat AIDS and Other Public Health Issues in Malawi -- 9. Visual Approaches to HIV Literacy in South Africa -- 10. Ngoma Dialogue Circles (Ngoma-DiCe): Combating HIV/AIDS Using Local Cultural Performance in Kenya -- 11. Interlude: To Sing of AIDS in Uganda -- 12. HIV/AIDS Poster Campaigns in Malawi -- 13. Contemporary Uses of the Musical Arts in Botswana's HIV/AIDS Health Education Initiatives: The Case of the Radio Serial Drama Makgabaneng -- 14. "We Are the Loudmouthed HIV-Positive People": " Siyayinqoba/Beat It!" on South African Television -- 15. "C'est Le Wake Up! Africa": Two Case Studies of HIV/AIDS Edutainment Campaigns in Francophone Africa -- 16. Singing Songs of AIDS in Venda, South Africa: Performance, Pollution, and Ethnomusicology in a Neo-Liberal Setting -- 17. Interlude: "Let's Get Together" -- 18. Aesthetics and Activism: Gideon Mendel and the Politics of Photographing the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in South Africa -- 19. A Lady Who is an Akadongo Player: Singing Traditionally to Overturn Traditional Authority -- 20. "What Shall We Do?": Oliver Mtukudzi's Songs about HIV/AIDS.

21. Swahili AIDS Plays: A Challenge to the Aristotelian Theory on Tragedy -- 22. Confronting AIDS Through Popular Music Cultures in Kenya: A Study of Princess Jully's "Dunia Mbaya," Jack Nyadundo's "Ukimwi," and Oduor Odhialo's "Nyakomollo" -- 23. Interlude: Grassroots Organizing and Celebrity Campaigns: The Arts and AIDS Activism in Morocco -- 24. Siphithemba-We Give Hope: Song and Resilience in a South African Zulu HIV/AIDS Struggle -- 25. Young and Wise in Accra, Ghana: A Musical Response to AIDS -- 26. Singing as Social Order: The Expressive Economy of HIV/AIDS in Mbarara, Uganda -- 27. "I'm a Rich Man, How Can I Die?": Circus Performance as a Means of HIV/AIDS Education in Ethiopia -- 28. Interlude: Interview with VOLSET Youth Drama Group -- 29. Kwaito and the Culture of AIDS in South Africa -- 30. Positive Disturbance: Tafash, Twig, HIV/AIDS, and Hip Hop in Uganda -- 31. "Edzi Ndi Dolo" ("AIDS is Mighty"): Singing HIV/AIDS in Malawi, 1980-2008 -- 32. Representing HIV/AIDS in Africa: Pluralist Photography and Local Empowerment -- 33. Postlude: A Tam-Tam for Africa: In Memoriam: Mamadou Konté (1945-2007) -- About the Authors -- References -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

The Culture of AIDS in Africa presents 30 chapters offering a multifaceted, nuanced, and deeply affective portrait of the relationship between HIV/AIDS and the arts in Africa, including source material such



as song lyrics and interviews.