Maps of Sorrow Migration and Music in the Construction of Precolonial AfroAsia by Ari Sitas
This book takes readers across the polycentric world of the pre-colonial period in AfroAsia, which involved systems, processes and interactions that were interconnected through long-distance trade, slavery and migration. It was also punctuated by the movement of symbolic forms like music that were in deep interaction with local and regional contexts. Music and musicality are primary entry points into uncovering the connections. The book weaves the story through a description of the travels of a fictional character, Garai, who traverses the AfroAsian world in different periods, from Mapungubwe in southern Africa to northern Africa, southern Spain and India, and back to southern Africa. The historical and theoretical consequences of the research, and the methodological difficulties and breakthroughs it entails, are discussed. Different categories of music and associated communities of performers, which suggest historical connections around some of the routes of the Silk Road, Indian Ocean trade and other smaller routes, are identified and described.
Ari Sitas, a South African writer and a sociologist, works at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has been a leading scholar among the development alternative sociological voices in Southern Africa and the global South. Wiebke Keim is a German sociologist at CRNS in Strasbourg, France, and coordinates, through the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany, a major research program on circulating knowledge between the North and the South. Sumangala Damodaran is an Indian economist who also works on music, culture, and social movements. She is with the School of Development Studies at Ambedkar University Delhi. Nicos Trimikliniotis is a Cypriot sociologist and lawyer associated with the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, and co-leads a program on reconciliation on the island of Cyprus.
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| ISBN 13 | 9788195055999 |
| ISBN 10 | 8195055990 |
| Title | Maps of Sorrow Migration and Music in the Construction of Precolonial AfroAsia |
| Author | Ari Sitas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Tulika Books |
| Year published | 2024-02-27 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
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