عنوان

Diplomacy, Resistance and Jazz: Twentieth Century Meetings of Modern Music and Politics in the Horn of Africa

Number

TL50246

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Diplomacy, Resistance and Jazz: Twentieth Century Meetings of Modern Music and Politics in the Horn of Africa

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Story, Dexter Gordon Bryan

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Boum, Aomar

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of California, Los Angeles

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2019

Text of Note

102 p.

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Body granting the degree

University of California, Los Angeles

Text preceding or following the note

2019

Text of Note

This paper surveys a collection of music-related interactions, sanctions, circumstances and figures that embodies the spirit of diplomacy and defiance in the Horn of Africa during the twentieth century. The research will examine historic moments of goodwill, propagation, ingenuity and activism that altered the course of modern music culture in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan, where government officials, cultural ambassadors and, most significantly, musicians wield their authority, influence, popularity, instruments and voices beyond the traditional norms of their enterprise. Along these lines, the paper will discuss the expansive concept of jazz as symbolically appropriated and re-purposed by the performing artist and diplomat associated with the region. Although far from being exhaustive, this work engages with musical activity as a vehicle for information, identity, nationalism and broad meaning.

Subject Term

History

Subject Term

Music

Subject Term

South African Studies

Story, Dexter Gordon Bryan

Boum, Aomar

University of California, Los Angeles

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[Thesis]

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