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CONTENTS
Table of Figures viii
Table of Audio Examples xi
Glossary xii
Table of Jola Instruments xv
Acknowledgements xvi
Vita xix
Introduction
Village Planétaire 1
Theoretical Perspectives 11
Literature Review 27
Maps 47
Chapter 1
Jola Culture and History 49
Environment and Culture 54
History 67
Chapter 2
The Ekonting in Culture and History 86
History and Scholarship 88
Physical Features, Construction, and Decoration 95
Playing Technique and Scale 104
The Ekonting Among Other West African Lutes 105
Relationship to the American Banjo 109
Ekonting Players, Transmission, and Status 111
Performance Contexts 114
Ekonting Music 118
Conclusions 124
Chapter 3
Narrative Identity and the Ekonting 126
Ethnicity, Difference, and Narrative Identity 127
Adama Sambou: You Won’t Find Another
Ekonting Player Like Me 131
The Ekonting at the MFDC Festival for Peace 140
The Akonting Center for Senegambian Folk Music 152
Conclusions 164
Chapter 4
Gender, Generation, and Migration at the Alamaan Festival 167
Scholarship on Music and Gender 169
Intersecting Gender, Generation, and Migration 175
The 2015 Niaganane Alamaan 184
Conclusions 215
Chapter 5
Jola Sounds in Senegalese Pop 218
Orchestre Baobab: We Don’t Play Salsa, We Play Salad 220
Touré Kunda: You Belong to the World, Stay Who You Are 234
Xalam: Transporting a Whole Culture and Civilization 252
Conclusions 259
Chapter 6
Jolas Making Pop 261
Orchestre Casamance and the New Casamance Band:
Citizens of the World 262
Groupe Fogny: Between Troupe and Orchestre 269
Joël Maligny Bassene: You Always Return Home at Night 284
Jean Bosco Goudiaby: We Speak Many Languages 296
Conclusions 213
Chapter 7
Conclusions 314
Notes 319
References 333
Discography 365