Music and Transcendence: Sufi Popular Performances in East Africa

The article discusses transcendence in music in relation to popular Sufi performances in East Africa, drawing on specific cases from Zanzibar. Based on fieldwork, it examines ways in which music and movement in a structured event or performance can affect the consciousness. This phenomenon is discus...

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Main Author: Kirkegaard, Annemette 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2012
In: Temenos
Year: 2012, Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-48
Further subjects:B anthropology of music
B African Studies
B music festivals
B popular music studies
B Music and religion
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