Abstract:Comparison of contemporary African and so-called African-Brazilian musics is possible to a limited extent as an experimental tool. Without disregarding the methodological problems, which are implicit in any comparison of a cross-cultural nature, I wanted to test some assumptions regarding the historical, linguistic, and organological links between the Brazilian berimbau musical bow and the Angolan mbulumbumba musical bow from Wila province (Kubik 1987, Oliveira Pinto, 1986). To gain insights about the musician… Show more
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