DeJaeghere, Joan. Educating entrepreneurial citizens: neoliberalism and youth livelihoods in Tanzania. Taylor & Francis, 2017.
The book describes various aspects of the Tanzanian culture and their respective applications to education and to lifestyle norms. It can be an essential starting point for the comparison of Tanzania’s culture at different temporal positions.
Duke, Selwyn. Influential beats: the cultural impact of music. The New American, 9 January 2014.
Duke describes the relationship between music and culture, asserting that as music changes across generations, so does culture. At the same time, music affects culture in more ways than culture affects music. To support this assertion, the author argues that music can enhance catharsis, can be therapeutic, and can perform different functions in social contexts. As the research makes an attempt to explain how the Tanzanian culture has changed over the years Vis a Vis the changes in Bi Kidude’s music, the article is an essential and relevant resource for guidance in this area.
Ebeli, Eva A. Indigenous musical culture in Ghana: A contemporary perspective. The International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies 3, 7(2015): 463- 468.
The article discusses the cultural changes that have occurred in Ghana based on musical progression. By mentioning that similar changes have been observed throughout Africa, Ebeli describes three perspectives to considering the role played by music in cultural development.
Lunsqui, Alexandre.Music and Globalization: Diversity, Banalization and Culturalization. Filigrane. Musique, esthétique, sciences, société. [En ligne], Musique et globalisation, Numéros de la revue. 2012.
The article discusses the changes that occur in cultural practices and their outcomes in musical and other artistic practices. The authors opine that as cultures change due to globalization, music is also likely to change in terms of preference as people follow the globalized and changed cultures. A piece that is acceptable today may not be acceptable in future. As such, the paper is relevant as it gives a baseline for consideration of changes that have been reported based on the perceptions of the citizens’ preference for Bi Kidude’s songs.
Musical Club and Bi Kidude. You Tube Videos. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnB7q2G63xU&list=PL7aOuZymyXB44ulmxOoSijyhyCAyr3BWC
The series consists of 167 videos from Bi Kidude and can be instrumental in understanding how the music has evolved throughout the years. It can thus help us in developing an understanding of how the Tanzanian culture and Bi Kidude’s music have interacted through the years.
Shapero, Dean. The impacts of technology on music star’s cultural influence. The Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications 6, 1(2015):20-27.
Like in Lunsqui’s article, the article by Shapero discusses how technology has resulted in the change of how people perceive music in the cultural context. The author purports that media platforms have changed music consumption, especially among the youths, with greater emphasis being on the social connections created between artistes and their fans. This article also enhances the understanding that is to be developed of the relationship between an artiste’s creativity and the consumption of their music.
Works Cited
DeJaeghere, Joan. Educating entrepreneurial citizens: neoliberalism and youth livelihoods in Tanzania. Taylor & Francis, 2017.
Duke, Selwyn. Influential beats: the cultural impact of music. The New American, 9 January 2014.
Ebeli, Eva A. Indigenous musical culture in Ghana: A contemporary perspective. The International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies 3, 7(2015): 463- 468.
Lunsqui, Alexandre.Music and Globalization: Diversity, Banalization and Culturalization. Filigrane. Musique, esthétique, sciences, société. [En ligne], Musique et globalisation, Numéros de la revue. 2012.
Musical Club and Bi Kidude. You Tube Videos. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnB7q2G63xU&list=PL7aOuZymyXB44ulmxOoSijyhyCAyr3BWC
Shapero, Dean. The impacts of technology on music star’s cultural influence. The Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications 6, 1(2015):20-27.
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