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Day, Julia G.: |
CONTENTS
Abstract iii
Table of Contents vi
Preface ix
Chapter One
Introduction 1
Representation and Scholarship on Africa 3
Representation and Ethnomusicology 4
African Popular Music 6
Afropolitanism and the World in Movement 8
Diaspora, Transnationalism, and Cosmopolitanism 11
Overview of the Sites 15
Sound as a Site of Representation 15
Paris, France 17
Montreal, Canada 22
Methods 26
Overview of the Chapters 29
Chapter Two
Making Space and Facilitating Contact Zones in
Five Paris Museums 32
Contact Zones and Space as Practiced Place 33
Reifying Place and Representing Africa:
Musée du Quai Branly 37
Museum Events that Facilitate Space-making 44
Reclaiming a Colonial Site:
La Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration 45
Resisting Negative Representation:
Banlieue is Beautiful 50
Rejecting Power Through Nostalgia:
Le Petit Musée de la Françafrique 56
Music and Performance at Museums as Process:
The Great Black Music Exhibit and the African Remix
Concert Series at Cité de la Musique 59
Conclusion 72
Chapter Three
Representing an Elite Afropolitan Paris
through Coupé-Décalé 74
Ivorian Politics and Music since 1960 76
Coupé-Décalé and the Myth of an African Paris 81
“Sagacité,” Douk Saga and the Jet Set (2003) 83
“Voilà String,” Meiway (2004) 89
“Gbinchin Pintin,” DJ Arafat (2014) 95
Afropolitan Space in the City of Lights 102
Mapping African Venues in Paris 104
Conclusion 109
Chapter Four
Performing Future Québécois Identities at
the Festival International Nuits d’Afrique 111
Music Festivals as Sites of Cultural Production and
Québécois Interculturalism 114
Performing Past Heritage: Music, Festivals, and Identity
in Quebec 119
Performing Future Identities: Interculturalism and Festival
International Nuits d’Afrique 125
Asserting Interculturalism through Performances of
African Music 129
Les Lions Noirs: Performing a Shared Québécois
Cultural Identity 130
Doussou Koulibaly: Performing Gender Equality 132
Gokh-Bi System: Balancing Heritage of the Past with
Innovation for the Present 136
Black Bazar: Celebrating African Immigrants 139
Conclusion 142
Chapter Five
Representing Africa Sonically through the Mbube Topid 144
Semiotics, Topic Theory, and the Mbube Topic 147
About the Transcriptions 152
“Mbube”: From Song to Genre to Topic 154
Solomon Linda’s Original Evening Birds 155
Paul Simon and Graceland 159
The Mbube Topic Normalized: Disney’s The Lion King 164
“Wavin’ Flag (Celebration Mix)” Performed by K’Naan 167
“Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” Performed by Shakira 176
From “Zangelewa” to “Waka Waka” 178
Conclusion 197
Epilogue 199
Bibliography 201
Discography 213
Appendix A 214
Appendix B 217