Mzungu Kichaa and the Figuring of Identity in "Bongo Fleva" Music in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorSanga, Imani
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-14T12:24:07Z
dc.date.available2016-03-14T12:24:07Z
dc.date.issued2011-06
dc.description.abstractThis article draws from Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's notion of refrain and Louise Meintjes' concept of music figure and examines various ways a Danish-born Bongo Fleva musi- cian in Tanzania, Mzungu Kichaa deploys music figures to con- struct African and Tanzanian identities. It also examines how he uses these figures to negotiate his position in relation to these identities. To illustrate the perform- ative effects of music figures on people's identities the article examines how the deployment of musical figures serves a double function: to claim one's Tanza- nian or African identity and to announce one's difference with other identities (e.g. European or English identities) at least with regard to musical taste. As a result, Mzungu Kichaa's attempts to enter into the mainstream UK's and Danish music industry were not successful since the music figures he used, the figures that justified his identity as a Tanza- nian or African, occupied margi- nal spaces in European contexts.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSanga, Imani. "Mzungu Kichaa and the Figuring of Identity in" Bongo Fleva" Music in Tanzania." International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music (2011): 189-208.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/922
dc.language.isoswen_US
dc.subjectBongo Flevaen_US
dc.subjectMzungu Kichaaen_US
dc.subjectmusic of Tanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectHip Hop and Rap Musicen_US
dc.subjectPopular Music and Identityen_US
dc.subjectMusic Figuresen_US
dc.subjectDeleuze and Guattarien_US
dc.titleMzungu Kichaa and the Figuring of Identity in "Bongo Fleva" Music in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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