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Fiddling in West Africa : touching the spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures / Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje.

Author/creator DjeDje, Jacqueline Cogdell
Other author/creatorAmerican Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press,
Descriptionx, 337 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subject(s)
Contents Introduction : A master fiddler and a significant but little-known tradition -- Fiddling in West Africa : understanding the culture area -- An affirmation of identity : Fulbe fiddling in Senegambia -- Calling the Bori spirits : Hausa fiddling in Nigeria -- In service to the king : Dagbamba fiddling in Ghana.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [299]-318), discography (p. [319]-324) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2007020501
ISBN9780253349248 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253219299 (pbk. : alk. paper)