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Whose music? The songs of Remmy Ongala and Orchestra Super Matimila

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Werner Graebner
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In his song ‘Asili ya Muziki’ (‘The Roots of Music’) Remmy Ongala, one of the most prolific singers/composers in Tanzanian music, discusses the complex and ambiguous position of music and musicians. In Tanzania musicians are commonly considered to be wahuni, i.e. vagabonds, drunkards, drugtakers, while their music, is enjoyed by the same people who call them these names.

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Research Article
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Popular Music , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , October 1989 , pp. 243 - 258
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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