Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51

Author: James Richardson

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781021953889

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James Richardson's Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa is an indispensable historical account that tells the story of one of the first expeditions into the heart of Africa in the mid-19th century. In Volume 2, Richardson chronicles his harrowing journey through the inhospitable terrain of the Sudan, encountering both natural and human obstacles along the way. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in African history, exploration, or anthropology. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Stambeli
Stambeli

Author: Richard C. Jankowsky

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2022-10-15

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 0226392201

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In Stambeli, Richard C. Jankowsky presents a vivid ethnographic account of the healing trance music created by the descendants of sub-Saharan slaves brought to Tunisia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Stambeli music calls upon an elaborate pantheon of sub-Saharan spirits and North African Muslim saints to heal humans through ritualized trance. Based on nearly two years of participation in the musical, ritual, and social worlds of stambeli musicians, Jankowsky’s study explores the way the music evokes the cross-cultural, migratory past of its originators and their encounters with the Arab-Islamic world in which they found themselves. Stambeli, Jankowsky avers, is thoroughly marked by a sense of otherness—the healing spirits, the founding musicians, and the instruments mostly come from outside Tunisia—which creates a unique space for profoundly meaningful interactions between sub-Saharan and North African people, beliefs, histories, and aesthetics. Part ethnography, part history of the complex relationship between Tunisia’s Arab and sub-Saharan populations, Stambeli will be welcomed by scholars and students of ethnomusicology, anthropology, African studies, and religion.