Performing the nation : Swahili music and cultural politics in Ta nzania - Askew, Kelly Michelle (Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-375), discography (p. 37 7-402), and indexes.
Keywords: Swahili-speaking peoples -- Tanzania -- Music -- History and critici sm; Taarab (Music) -- Tanzania -- History and criticism; Tanzania -- Cultural policy