An edition of In the Time of Cannibals (1994)

In the Time of Cannibals

The Word Music of South Africa's Basotho Migrants (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)

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An edition of In the Time of Cannibals (1994)

In the Time of Cannibals

The Word Music of South Africa's Basotho Migrants (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)

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University Of Chicago Press
Language
English
Pages
322

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Subjects

History and criticism, Music, Sotho poetry, Sotho (African people), Music, african, Music, history and criticism, Basuto (african people), African poetry, history and criticism

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Lesotho

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Cover of: In the Time of Cannibals
In the Time of Cannibals: The Word Music of South Africa's Basotho Migrants (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
February 1, 1995, University Of Chicago Press
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Cover of: In the Time of Cannibals
In the Time of Cannibals: The Word Music of South Africa's Basotho Migrants (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
February 7, 1995, University Of Chicago Press
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Cover of: In the time of cannibals
In the time of cannibals: the word music of South Africa's Basotho migrants
1994, University of Chicago Press
in English
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"The image of the cannibal, the human being who prospers by devouring his own kind in an ultimate zero-sum game, is a resonant and fearful symbol in Basotho historical consciousness."

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OL7415909M
ISBN 10
0226115739
ISBN 13
9780226115733
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2231381

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The image of the cannibal, the human being who prospers by devouring his own kind in an ultimate zero-sum game, is a resonant and fearful symbol in Basotho historical consciousness.
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