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The workers who migrate from Lesotho to the mines and cities of neighbouring South Africa have developed a rich genre of sung oral poetry - word music - that focuses on the experiences of migrant life. Complete with transcriptions of performances, this book discusses this musical literature.

In the Time of Cannibals The Word Music of South

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/02/1995
      ISBN13: 9780226115740, 978-0226115740
      ISBN10: 0226115747

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      Book Synopsis
      The workers who migrate from Lesotho to the mines and cities of neighbouring South Africa have developed a rich genre of sung oral poetry - word music - that focuses on the experiences of migrant life. Complete with transcriptions of performances, this book discusses this musical literature.

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