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'Nearly all you need to know about that lush string sound ... this book is a readable and comprehensive history of the music (and politics) of Zanzibar ... she concludes with an excellent history of the recordings, the formation of the Dhow Cultures Music Academy and Sauti za Busara festival'. Songlines **** 'Una lettura imprescindibile per i cultori delle musiche del continente africano'. ['Essential reading for all lovers of the music of the African continent.'] Blogfoolk

'Nearly all you need to know about that lush string sound ... this book is a readable and comprehensive history of the music (and politics) of Zanzibar ... she concludes with an excellent history of the recordings, the formation of the Dhow Cultures Music Academy and Sauti za Busara festival'. Songlines **** 'Una lettura imprescindibile per i cultori delle musiche del continente africano'. ['Essential reading for all lovers of the music of the African continent.'] Blogfoolk

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Janet Topp Fargion is an ethnomusicologist with research interests in South Africa and the Swahili Coast. She graduated with a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1992. She joined the British Library in 1994 as Lead Curator of World and Traditional Music.

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