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Music: Prehistory to 1400: Africa

By: Khonsura A. Wilson
In: Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy, Peter J. Seybolt & Carolyn M. Elliott
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Area Studies (general), Social & Cultural Anthropology
Keywords:festivals; funerals; hunting; instruments; music; musicians; performers

There is an abundance of styles and instruments in the early history of African music, all associated with specific social contexts. Although appearing to be purely entertainment to the outsider, African music is central to all cultural functions. The earliest schools ...

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  Wilson, K. (2012). Music: prehistory to 1400: africa. In A. L. StantonE. Ramsamy, & P. J. Seybolt (Eds.), Cultural sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. II69-II70). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n236
  
  Wilson, Khonsura A. "Music: Prehistory to 1400: Africa." In Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, edited by Stanton, Andrea L., Edward Ramsamy, and Peter J. Seybolt, II69-II70. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n236.
  
  Wilson, K. 2012. Music: Prehistory to 1400: Africa. In: Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy and Peter J. Seybolt Editors, 2012. Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. II69-II70 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n236> [Accessed 28 Jul 2021].
  
  Wilson, Khonsura A. "Music: Prehistory to 1400: Africa." Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Andrea L. StantonEdward Ramsamy and Peter J. Seybolt. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012, pp. II69-II70. SAGE Knowledge. 28 Jul 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n236.
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