'The Rise of Boys Bands': The Regimentation and Commodification of Popular Music in the Kamba Community, 1960-2022
Fiche du document
2 mars 2023
- handle: 10670/1.w2x19z
Sujets proches
Serious music Musical compositions Art music Musical works Classical music Western music (Western countries) Art music, Western Western art musicCiter ce document
IFRA Nairobi, « 'The Rise of Boys Bands': The Regimentation and Commodification of Popular Music in the Kamba Community, 1960-2022 », IFRA-Nairobi, ID : 10670/1.w2x19z
Métriques
Partage / Export
Résumé
The extant literature on African songs and dances lends credence to music historicism which insists that popular African music ought to be understood in the context of its production and reception. However, this literature is overly silent on the commodification of popular African music in the post-colonial era. This is despite the fact that entrepreneurial motives of the performance of popular African music supplanted primordial social-cultural functions of songs and dances in Africa in the ...