The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe Emergency Medical Services ISBN-10: 0128097388

ISBN-10: 0128097388

Publishers Weekly 03/27/2006 pg

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Publishers Weekly 06/13/2016

Author: Ryan Harvey

The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe Emergency Medical Services ISBN-10: 0128097388This sensitive, scholarly portrayal of Shona musicians and the African Musical tradition is highly engaging and comprehensive in its range of data. Paul Berliner provides the complete cultural context for the music and an intimate, precise account of the meaning of the instrument and its music. "Paul Berliner's The Soul of Mbira is probably the best ethnography ever written about an African musical tradition. It is a complete classic . . . . I know of