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 | Performing the Nation: Swahili Music and Cultural Politics in Tanzania (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology) by Kelly Michelle Askew, Professor Kelly Askew Paperback, 392 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-226-02981-6 / 0226029816 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-02981-8 / 9780226029818 Since its founding in 1964, the United Republic of Tanzania has used music, dance, and other cultural productions as ways of imagining and legitimizing the new nation. Focusing on the politics surrounding Swahili musical performance, Kelly Askew demonstrates the crucial role of popular culture in Ta | |