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Listening to Jdid [New] Raï: Algerian music and its publics in the 21st century (2024)
Thesis
Hadji, H. Listening to Jdid [New] Raï: Algerian music and its publics in the 21st century. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Jdid raï (lit. ‘new opinion’) is a popular music genre of the Maghreb region primarily listened to by the Algerian and Maghrebi youth. It is the latest incarnation of raï, the well-known popular music style of Algeria. Though raï received much intern... Read More about Listening to Jdid [New] Raï: Algerian music and its publics in the 21st century.

The Course of the Hand: Formulas, Creativity, and Processes of ‘Improvisation’ in Mande Kora Music (2023)
Thesis
Gardner, J. A. The Course of the Hand: Formulas, Creativity, and Processes of ‘Improvisation’ in Mande Kora Music. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

It has become commonplace today to invoke the word improvisation when discussing the soloistic melodic dimensions of the music of the kora, the twenty-one-string bridge harp of the Mande people of West Africa. Typically, the term is used to denote th... Read More about The Course of the Hand: Formulas, Creativity, and Processes of ‘Improvisation’ in Mande Kora Music.

Crossings: Word and Music across the Atlantic (2015)
Book Chapter
Duran, L., Topp-Fargion, J., & Wallace, M. (2015). Crossings: Word and Music across the Atlantic. In L. Duran, J. Topp-Fargion, & M. Wallace (Eds.), West Africa : word, symbol, song (72-99). British Library