Music saved them, they say: social impacts of music making and learning in Kinshasa (DR Congo)

"Music Saved Them, They Say tells about the role music-making has played in community projects offered to young people in the poverty-stricken and often violent surroundings of Kinshasa, DR Congo. The young musicians described came out of complicated backgrounds - young adult men who were membe...

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Main Author: Pairon, Lukas 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Routledge 2020
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:"Music Saved Them, They Say tells about the role music-making has played in community projects offered to young people in the poverty-stricken and often violent surroundings of Kinshasa, DR Congo. The young musicians described came out of complicated backgrounds - young adult men who were members of violent gangs, and young adult men and women who were as so-called 'witch'-children living in the streets. They believe that becoming musicians played an important role in (re-)constructing their lives, and they expressed this by saying that they were "saved by music". This book shares the findings of 3-1/2 years of research, with the hope to see the social music projects in Kinshasa inspire others to develop similar initiatives... in Kinshasa and elsewhere"--
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 04, 2020)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 160 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9781003024736
1003024734
9781000080810
1000080811

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