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Music in Kenyan Christianity [electronic resource] : Logooli Religious Song / Jean Ngoya Kidula.

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This study is a historical, cultural, and musical exploration of Christian religious music among the Logooli of Western Kenya. It describes how new musical styles developed through contact with popular radio and other media from abroad and became markers of the Logooli identity and culture. The auth...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Kidula, Jean Ngoya (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Series:Ethnomusicology multimedia.
Subjects:
Songs, Logooli > History and criticism > 20th century.
Logooli (African people) > Music > History and criticism.
Church music > Kenya.
Church music.
Kenya.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude
  • Assembly : Logooli Historical, Cultural, and Musical Background
  • Encounter : Avalogooli and Euro-American Religion, Culture, and Music
  • Consolidation : Christian Religious Genres in Logooli-Land
  • Accommodation : Logooli Adoption and Use of 'Book' Music
  • Syncretism : Logooli Christian Songs of the Spirit
  • Invocation : Logooli Christian Songs in Contemporary Education and Media
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1. Archival and Media House Records
  • Appendix 2. Song Text and Hymn Tune Sources.

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