Configuration of the Kenyan Dictator through Music
This paper is an analytical study of the relationship between politics and music in an effort to present the configuration of Kenyan dictator Daniel arap Moi in songs produced during his reign (1978-2002). The paper delves into how music formed an important site where the dictatorial regime of Arap ...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Estudios de Asia y África |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:oai.estudiosdeasiayafrica.colmex.mx:article/2053 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://estudiosdeasiayafrica.colmex.mx/index.php/eaa/article/view/2053 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Daniel arap Moi gerontocracy Kenyan music politics dictator Nyayo gerontocracia música keniana política dictador |
| Sumario: | This paper is an analytical study of the relationship between politics and music in an effort to present the configuration of Kenyan dictator Daniel arap Moi in songs produced during his reign (1978-2002). The paper delves into how music formed an important site where the dictatorial regime of Arap Moi asserted its authority, while also probing the ambivalent space that music occupies in politics. In the understanding of music as a “trenchant political site in Africa”, the paper principally analyses music that was produced aspraise songs and propaganda tools, as well as the opposing voices from other artists who during that time had to endure official scrutiny and censorship. |
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