Askew, Kelly Michelle. <br/><br/>
Performing the nation :  Swahili music and cultural politics in Ta nzania / 
Kelly M. Askew. 
 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,   c2002. 
 - xviii, 417 p. :  ill. ;   24 cm. +   1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3 /4 in.) 
 - Chicago studies in ethnomusicology .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-375), discography (p. 37 7-402), and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Arts of governance -- Tanga, Tanganyika, Tanzania -- Of ginger ale a nd orange soda -- Weighty gestures, significant glances : taarab perfor mance and the constitution of social relations -- Cultural revolution i n Tanzania? -- Competing agendas : the production of Tanzanian national culture -- Of mwanyas and multipartyism : taarab performance and the T anzanian state -- Conclusion : cultural policy by and for the people. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0226029816 (paperback : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001-008414 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Swahili-speaking peoples-- Music-- History and critici sm.--Tanzania<br/>Taarab (Music)-- History and criticism.--Tanzania
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Tanzania-- Cultural policy.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.484