Postcolonial archival fever and the musical archiving of African identity in selected paintings by Elias Jengo

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dc.contributor.authorSanga, Imani
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-14T11:33:59Z
dc.date.available2016-03-14T11:33:59Z
dc.date.issued2014-01-10
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the way music is figured in selected paintings by Tanzania painter Elias Jengo. It also identifies and discusses musical figures in these paintings that are used to archive African or Tanzanian identity. Through these paintings Jengo participates in constructing and enacting African/Tanzanian identity by invoking and depositing Tanzanian cultural heritage. The article argues that the archiving of Africanness in most postcolonial cultural productions is an expression of a fever that torments African postcolonial souls, a fever caused by a fear of the possibility of cultural loss. The article also discusses Jengo's influence on his students and other young artists in Tanzania as an act of archiving. It argues that the future of Jengo's work lies not only in his influence on these young artists but also in his own ability and readiness to take plastic forms, as well as his students' eagerness to archive him in plastic forms.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSanga, I., 2014. Postcolonial archival fever and the musical archiving of African identity in selected paintings by Elias Jengo. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 26(2), pp.140-154.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13696815.2013.850403
dc.identifier.issn1369-6815
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/918
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Groupen_US
dc.subjectElias Jengoen_US
dc.subjectAfrican archivesen_US
dc.subjectpostcolonial feveren_US
dc.subjectplasticityen_US
dc.subjectpainting in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectmusic of Tanzaniaen_US
dc.titlePostcolonial archival fever and the musical archiving of African identity in selected paintings by Elias Jengoen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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