Journey of Song: Public Life and Morality in Cameroon (African Expressive Cultures)

Introduction -- Maïtené's Modern Life : Song As Negotiation Of Public Morality -- Better Than Family, Better Than Girls : The Tupuri Gurna Society -- Defying The Modern : Play Of Identities In Gurna Dance Exhortation ([b,hooked][o]'ge F[o]g[e]) -- Telephone Of The Dance : Circulation Of Gurna Song Discourse -- Rise Up, Gather Like Storm Clouds : Poetics Of Gurna Song (si[ng] Gurna) -- I Become Your Boy : Power, Legitimacy And Magic In Song Composition -- Staging Conflict Through Insult : Competing Systems Of Justice -- Multipartyism And Nostalgia For The Unified Past : Discourses Of Democracy In Gurna Politics -- Conclusion. Clare A. Ignatowski. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [213]-220) And Index.