LEADER 03712nam 2200637 450 001 9910464702903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9966-028-47-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000090347 035 $a(EBL)1635454 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001165945 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11962866 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001165945 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11117803 035 $a(PQKB)10367963 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1635454 035 $a(OCoLC)899262378 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse34903 035 $a(PPN)187343500 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1635454 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10839023 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL663327 035 $a(OCoLC)870950899 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000090347 100 $a20140304h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe politics of everyday life in gi?ku?yu? popular music of Kenya (1990-2000) /$fMaina wa Mu?tonya ; Catherine Bosire, design and layout 210 1$aNairobi, Kenya :$cTwaweza Communications,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (188 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-32045-4 311 $a9966-028-44-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aDedication -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Politics of Everyday Life in Select Gi?ku?yu? Popular Music (1990-2000) -- Praise and Protest: Music and Contesting Patriotisms in Postcolonial Kenya -- Joseph Kamaro's Music: Cutting with Words, not Swords -- 'Touch What You Don't Have': Mogithi, One-Man Guitar and Urban Identities -- Mogithi Performance: Popular Music, Stereotypes and Ethnic Identity -- Music and Society: The Consummate Marriage -- Post script : Jane Nyambura (Queen Jane) 1965-2010 -- Bibliography. 330 $aWhile probing the politics of everyday in Gikuyu popular music, the main thrust of this book is to unpack the representation of daily struggles through music. Depending mainly on the lyrics of the songs, the study also combines both the textual and the contextual analysis of the music. Music here is studied both as a text, and as an aspect of popular culture. The decade 1990-2000 in Kenya provides two contrasting political developments, which directly impacted on the ordinary Kenyan; firstly, the extremes of the country's one-party rule were at the peak until when multi-party democracy was re-introduced. This ushered in a new era, but with antecedents in one-party rule, where service delivery was below par and economic mismanagement, corruption, assassinations and detentions continued unabated. It is in this contrasting environment that popular arts proliferated as a way of countering the repressed freedom of expression. This book, therefore, looks at how the Gikuyu musicians reacted and responded to these social and political realities in their songs. Music is discussed as an essential site for creation, re-creation and negotiation of the various forms of identities. 606 $aKikuyu (African people)$xReligious life 606 $aSacrifice 607 $aKenya$xReligious life and customs 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aKikuyu (African people)$xReligious life. 615 0$aSacrifice. 676 $a967.62 700 $awa Mu?tonya$b Maina$01035426 701 $aBosire$b Catherine$01035427 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464702903321 996 $aThe politics of everyday life in gi?ku?yu? popular music of Kenya (1990-2000)$92455135 997 $aUNINA