The Ishumar Guitar: Emergence, Circulation and Evolution from Diasporic Performances to the World Scene
Year: 2010
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: In 2004, with the album Amassakoul (Traveller), the Tinariwen band showed the world a contemporary image of Kel Tamasheq society. Its success sanctioned worldwide the cult music of the Tuareg rebellion of 1990, and propelled its cultural and political message into ‘world sound’, while the band joined the professional circuit of world music. While this success significantly widened its public, it also helped publicize the most critical aspects of contemporary Sahara. In recent years, many ishumar guitar bands joined the international scene, so that one can hear the words of the Kel Tamasheq about their own modernity.
Source: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd eBooks
Author: Nadia Belalimat
Institution: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Language: English
Topic: Music History and Culture
Subfield: Music
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3021060637