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Missing Messages: Lessons from Tanzania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2009

Malcolm Floyd
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Abstract

How can music help to create a culture of tolerance when there are fundamental problems in decoding the messages in the musk of others? There is quite good access in British and other schools to musical materials from Africa, and use has been made of them, but there is a question as to whether this use is appropriate and acceptable. The concept of ownership of such music is briefly discussed, and the relative effectiveness of its transmission. This is then set in the contexts of Music Education and the strength of Christianity in contemporary Tanzania, including some of the problems perceived by Tanzanian students and teachers. These contexts have to be acknowledged, and the article concludes with two suggestions for making the inclusion of African music in British schoob a more transformative experience, ideally through direct links with sources of African music in Africa.

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Research Article
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , July 1998 , pp. 155 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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