TY - BOOK AU - Askew, Kelly Michelle. TI - Performing the nation: Swahili music and cultural politics in Ta nzania SN - 0226029816 (paperback : alk. paper) U1 - 306.484 22 PY - 2002/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Swahili-speaking peoples KW - Tanzania KW - Music KW - History and critici sm KW - Taarab (Music) KW - History and criticism KW - Cultural policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-375), discography (p. 37 7-402), and indexes; 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 ER -