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Browsing Clark Honors College Theses by Subject "East Africa"

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"It Was Just for Fun": Taarab and the Construction of Community Identity in Two Kenyan Towns

Owen, Caleb Edwin (University of Oregon, 2009-11-26)

This thesis chronicles taarab, a popular genre of music, in Lamu and Matadoni, two communities on the coast of Kenya. My thesis argues that taarab, despite growing as popular and widespread in urban areas, developed as a ...