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Kelley, Michael Alexander: Adaptation and Creativity in Montreal’s West African Music Scene. M.A. University of British Colombia (Vancouver, BC), 2014. vii & 74 p.

CONTENTS

Abstract ii
Preface iii
Table of contents iv
Acknowledgements vi
Dedication vii

Chapter 1
Introduction 1
1.1 Why African music in Montreal? 4
1.2 Literature review 7
   1.2.1 Mande music in New York 7
   1.2.2 African music in North America 9
   1.2.3 Scenes and micromusics 14

Chapter 2
An Overview of Montreal’s African Music Scene 18
2.1 Club Balattou 18
2.2 Festival Nuits d’Afrique 20
2.3 African music in other festivals in Québec 24
2.4 Other venues for African music in Montreal 27
2.5 Montreal’s African drumming and dancing schools 28

Chapter 3
African Styles in Montreal 30
3.1 Mande Music as African Music 31
   3.1.1 The Role of the griot in constructing Montreal’s 
             African music scene 33
   3.1.2 The Aestheticization of the griot in Montreal 34
   3.1.3 An Explanation for the predominance of Mande 
            music in Montreal? 38
3.2 Alternative African styles in Montreal 43

Chapter 4
Québecois interpretations of African music 46
4.1 Québecois performers of African music 48
4.2 The Tam-tams 53
   4.2.1 History of the Tam-tams 55
4.3 Le Grand Sabar 57

Chapter 5
The creative tension of Montreal’s African music scene 62

Bibliography 67