Blessing the Rains: Fieldwork Meditations on ‘Africa’ by Toto
As an anthropologist who works in West Africa, I have ambivalent feelings towards the 1982 song ‘Africa’ by Toto. It is a song that lyrically does not make sense, although powerfully draws its audience into a romanticized mental imagery of the continent with “drums echoing,” “wild dogs crying,” and...
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| Language: | English |
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Suomen Antropologinen Seura (Finnish Anthropological Society)
2019-02-01
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| Series: | Suomen Antropologi |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/view/77705/39052 |