"The world is made by talk": Female fans, popular music, and new forms of public sociality in urban Mali;"Le monde tel qu'il créé par la conversation": Admirateurs des chanteuses, musique populaire et sociabilité urbaine au Mali

Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 797-829

  Schulz, Dorothea E ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultural globalization; Gender; Griot; Mali; Popular music; Radio consumption; Youth culture

Indexed keywords

MUSIC;

MALI;

MALIA;

EID: 0036986542     PISSN: 00080055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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