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Baakisimba: Gender in the Music and Dance of the Baganda People of Uganda - Current Research in Ethnomusicology: Outstanding Dissertations Nannyonga-Tamusuza, Sylvia Antonia (Makerere University, Uganda) 1st edition
Baakisimba: Gender in the Music and Dance of the Baganda People of Uganda - Current Research in Ethnomusicology: Outstanding Dissertations
Nannyonga-Tamusuza, Sylvia Antonia (Makerere University, Uganda)
Originally a royal court dance, "baakisimba" asserted the authority of the king as the head of Baganda society. Integrating a study of the performance genre with a detailed analysis of gender among the Baganda, this book illuminates the complex relationship between "baakisimba" and Baganda culture.
314 pages, 34 black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 30, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780415967761 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 316 |
| Dimensions | 237 × 158 × 29 mm · 620 g |
| Language | English |