Redefining taarab in relation to local and global influences
To refer to the origin of taarab as a direct importation of Egyptian music by the Arab upper class (Topp 1994:153) is a plausibility without solid evidence. To define it as a style of music played for entertainment at weddings and other festive occasions all along the Swahili Coast (153) is to exclu...
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Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig
2012
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