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020 a| 0295975253 (alk. paper);

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100 1 a| Ottenberg, Simone| author.=| ^A66056;

245 10 a| Seeing with music :b| the lives of 3 blind African musicians /c| Simon Ottenberg.;

246 30 a| Lives of 3 blind African musicians;

300 a| xv, 216 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209), discography (page 211), and index.;

520 a| In the course of his ongoing study of the aesthetic world of the Limba of Sierra Leone, the author met three men from Wara Wara Bafodea chiefdom who played an instrument called the kututeng, known elsewhere in Africa as the mbira and sometimes in the West as the thumb piano. Each of the three was blind, poor, unmarried, and childless in a society where children bring status and where musicianship is not a standard role for the blind. Each man's life experiences had influenced the way he performed Kututeng, a traditional but changing form of music. In this book, Ottenberg approaches Limba Kututeng music through the lives of these three musicians - Sayo Kamara, Muctaru Mansaray, and Marehu Mansaray. He looks at their different styles of performance, the social settings in which they play, the meanings of their song texts, and the relationships between their musical form and other Limba arts. Kututeng music is not an ancient tradition in Limba country, or in Sierra Leone in general, but dates to the early twentieth century. In recent years it has begun to change in response to the popularity of other musical forms in Sierra Leone. Ottenberg shows effectively how these three men have helped reformulate the nature of Kututeng in the capital town of the chiefdom, giving it a new vitality that is consistent with the aesthetic values of the Limba world.;

600 10 a| Kamara, Sayo.=| ^A383707;

600 10 a| Mansaray, Muctaru.=| ^A383708;

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650 0 a| Blind musiciansz| Sierra Leonev| Biography.=| ^A849413;

650 0 a| Mbira musicx| History and criticism.=| ^A133163;

650 0 a| Musicz| Sierra Leonex| History and criticism.=| ^A12651;

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Seeing with music : the lives of 3 blind African musicians / Simon Ottenberg.

Author/creator	Ottenberg, Simon author.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©1996.
Description	xv, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Kamara, Sayo. Mansaray, Muctaru. Mansaray, Marehu. Blind musicians--Sierra Leone. --Biography. Mbira music--History and criticism. Music--Sierra Leone. --History and criticism.

Portion of title	Lives of 3 blind African musicians
Contents	Concepts -- The setting -- Sayo Kamara -- Muctaru Mansaray -- Marehu Mansaray -- The world of three kututeng musicians.
Abstract	In the course of his ongoing study of the aesthetic world of the Limba of Sierra Leone, the author met three men from Wara Wara Bafodea chiefdom who played an instrument called the kututeng, known elsewhere in Africa as the mbira and sometimes in the West as the thumb piano. Each of the three was blind, poor, unmarried, and childless in a society where children bring status and where musicianship is not a standard role for the blind. Each man's life experiences had influenced the way he performed Kututeng, a traditional but changing form of music. In this book, Ottenberg approaches Limba Kututeng music through the lives of these three musicians - Sayo Kamara, Muctaru Mansaray, and Marehu Mansaray. He looks at their different styles of performance, the social settings in which they play, the meanings of their song texts, and the relationships between their musical form and other Limba arts. Kututeng music is not an ancient tradition in Limba country, or in Sierra Leone in general, but dates to the early twentieth century. In recent years it has begun to change in response to the popularity of other musical forms in Sierra Leone. Ottenberg shows effectively how these three men have helped reformulate the nature of Kututeng in the capital town of the chiefdom, giving it a new vitality that is consistent with the aesthetic values of the Limba world.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209), discography (page 211), and index.
LCCN	95049962
ISBN	0295975253 (alk. paper)

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