Baakisimba
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A01=Sylvia Antonia Nannyonga-Tamusuza
African performance studies
Author_Sylvia Antonia Nannyonga-Tamusuza
baganda
Baganda People
Baganda Women
Beat Drums
Benesh Notation
Buganda Kingdom
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cultural anthropology Uganda
Da Nc
dance
Dance Competitions
Dance Motifs
drummers
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ethnomusicology
Gender Construction
gender roles in music
gendered drumming practices in Buganda
Grossberg 1996a
In-field Analysis
Indigenous Scholars
Kasubi Tombs
makerere
Makerere College School
Makerere University
Male Homosexual Dancers
Man Drum
motifs
movement
qualitative fieldwork methods
social identity construction
Speech Intonation
Successful Sexual Life
university
Vice Versa
waist
Waist Movement
wedding
Woman Gender
women
Women's Dance
Women's Drumming
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415967761
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Aug 2005
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Originally a royal court dance, baakisimba asserted the authority of the king as the head of Baganda society. After the abolition of kingship in 1967, baakisimba dance began to be performed in other contexts, with women sometimes playing the accompanying drums-traditionally a man's role-and with men occasionally performing the dance.Sylivia Nannyonga-Tamusuza argues that the music and dance of the Baganda people are not simply reflective of culture; baakisimba participates in the construction of social relations, and helps determine how these relations shape the performing arts. Integrating a study of foregrounds the conceptualization of gender as a time-specific cultural phenomenon. Illuminating the complex relationship between baakisimba and Baganda culture, this path breaking volume bridges the gaps in previous scholarship that integrates music and dance in ethnomusicological scholarship.
Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza is a lecturer in the Music Department at Makerere University, Uganda. She has published several essays on gender, music, and dance. Her research interests also include children's music and musical competitions.
