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Popular Music in South Africa
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written by David B. Coplan, 1948-; edited by Ruth M. Stone, 1942- (New York: Routledge (Publisher), 1997), 22 page(s)
written by David B. Coplan, 1948-; edited by Ruth M. Stone, 1942- (New York: Routledge (Publisher), 1997), 22 page(s)
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The Presence of the Past: Madagascar, Music, and Devotion
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directed by Ron Emoff, fl. 1993; produced by Ron Emoff, fl. 1993 (Montpelier, VT: Multicultural Media, 2004), 54 mins
People throughout Madagascar maintain a strong reverential connection to their ancestors, whose spirits may be called upon to enter into the present to resolve problems and to heal illness. Music performance provides a vital means of communicating with these ancestral spirits, thus of evoking the past and the powe...
directed by Ron Emoff, fl. 1993; produced by Ron Emoff, fl. 1993 (Montpelier, VT: Multicultural Media, 2004), 54 mins
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