Abidjan USA

Daniel B. Reed

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Daniel B. Reed integrates individual stories with the study of performance to understand the forces of diaspora and mobility in the lives of musicians, dancers, and mask performers originally from Côte d'Ivoire who now live in the United States. Through the lives of four Ivorian performers, Reed finds that dance and music, being transportable media, serve as effective ways to understand individual migrants in the world today. As members of an immigrant community who are geographically dispersed, these performers are unmoored from their place of origin and yet deeply engaged in presenting their symbolic roots to North American audiences. By looking at performance, Reed shows how translocation has led to transformations on stage, but he is also sensitive to how performance acts as a way to reinforce and maintain community. Abidjan USA provides a multifaceted view of community that is at once local, national, and international, and where identity is central, but transportable, fluid, and adaptable.

EM Series Preface
Preface: A Confluence of Beginnings
Acknowledgements
Notes on Language

Part I. Program Notes
1. Introduction: Abidjan USA
2. "Ballet" as Nexus of Discourses

Part II. Stages and Stories
Act I. Vado Diomande
3. Kekene: the Performance of Oneness in NYC
4. "If you aren't careful, you don't know where you will end up!": Vado Diomande and Transcendence

Act II. Samba Diallo
5. "Culture brings everybody together": Samba Diallo's Ayoka
6. "I'm happy because I'm different": Samba Diallo and Exceptionalism

Act III. Sogbety Diomande
7. "You know you're in a different country": Sogbety Diomande's West African Drum and Dance
8. "When you're in a new context, you try things that work in that context": Sogbety Diomande and Adaptability

Act IV. Dr. Djo Bi Irie Simon
9. "Open Village": An Ivorian Wedding in an Indiana Cornfield
10. "Everyone is a cook, but he's a chef!": Dr. Djo Bi and Innovation
11. Thoughts on the Way Out

Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Sujets

• African Studies
• Social Science
• Popular Culture
• Modern
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Modern history
• Contemporary dance
• Dance
• Obermodern-Zutzendorf

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 24 septembre 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9780253022363
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

ABIDJAN USA
AFRICAN EXPRESSIVE CULTURES
Patrick McNaughton, editor
Associate Editors Catherine M. Cole Barbara G. Hoffman Eileen Julien Kassim Kon D. A. Masolo Elisha Renne Zo Strother
ABIDJAN USA
Music, Dance, and Mobility in the Lives of Four Ivorian Immigrants
Daniel B. Reed
Indiana University Press
Bloomington and Indianapolis
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2016 by Daniel B. Reed
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Reed, Daniel B. (Daniel Boyce), author.
Title: Abidjan USA : music, dance, and mobility in the lives of four Ivorian immigrants / Daniel B. Reed.
Other titles: African expressive cultures.
Description: Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2016. | Series: African expressive cultures
Identifiers: LCCN 2016026920 (print) | LCCN 2016028421 (ebook) | ISBN 9780253022219 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780253022295 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780253022363 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Ivoirians-United States-Music-History and criticism. | Music-C te d Ivoire-History and criticism.
Classification: LCC ML3760.6 .R44 2016 (print) | LCC ML3760.6 (ebook) | DDC 780.89/96668-dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016026920
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We must never forget that migrants, rather than simply being a statistic, are first of all persons who have names, faces, and individual stories .
-Pope Francis, April 16, 2016
Contents
Ethnomusicology Multimedia Website
Preface: A Confluence of Beginnings
Acknowledgments
Notes on Language
Part I. Program Notes
1 Introduction: Abidjan USA
2 Ballet as Nexus of Discourses
Part II. Stages and Stories
Act I. Vado Diomande
3 Kekene : The Performance of Oneness in NYC
4 If You Aren t Careful, You Don t Know Where You Will End Up! : Vado Diomande and Transcendence
Act II. Samba Diallo
5 Culture Brings Everybody Together : Samba Diallo s Ayoka
6 I m Happy Because I m Different : Samba Diallo and Exceptionalism
Act III. Sogbety Diomande
7 You Know You re in a Different Country : Sogbety Diomande s West African Drum and Dance
8 When You re in a New Context, You Try Things That Work in That Context : Sogbety Diomande and Adaptability
Act IV. Dr. Djo Bi Irie Simon
9 Open Village : An Ivorian Wedding in an Indiana Cornfield
10 Everyone Is a Cook, but He s a Chef! : Dr. Djo Bi and Innovation
Part III. Finale
11 Thoughts on the Way Out
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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List of PURLs
Chapter 2
PURL 2.1 | Mask spirit Gue Pelou leads the Lotus Parade in Bloomington, Indiana, 2006. Gathering of drummers and crowd.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910226
PURL 2.2 | Mask spirit Gue Pelou leads the Lotus Parade in Bloomington, Indiana, 2006. Transnationalism on parade.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910227
PURL 2.3 | Mask spirit Gue Pelou performs at the Lotus Festival in Bloomington, Indiana, 2006. Drummers play while the crowd awaits Gue Pelou.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910228
PURL 2.4 | Mask spirit Gue Pelou performs at the Lotus Festival in Bloomington, Indiana, 2006. Two manifestations of Gue Pelou arrive and perform.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910229
PURL 2.5 | Mask spirit Gue Pelou performs at the Lotus Festival in Bloomington, Indiana, 2006. Two manifestations of Gue Pelou lead a parade through downtown.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910230
PURL 2.6 | Mask spirit Gue Pelou performs at the Lotus Festival in Bloomington, Indiana, 2006. Gue Pelou s final performance at Walnut and 6th Streets.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910231
Chapter 3
PURL 3.1 | History of Mahou Masks in New York City, 2010. Introduction.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910217
PURL 3.2 | History of Mahou Masks in New York City, 2010. Song Tama diani ne we (You must go to a good place).
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910218
PURL 3.3 | History of Mahou Masks in New York City, 2010. Interethnicity in the song Ma lo ma ge ka Daloa.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910219
Chapter 5
PURL 5.1 | Samba Diallo s Ayoka in Smyrna, Georgia, 2010. Dance with Mau song and Mau stilt mask spirit, both accompanied by the kuku rhythm.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910220
PURL 5.2 | Samba Diallo s Ayoka in Smyrna, Georgia, 2010. Guro mask Zauli dancing to the zauli rhythm.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910222
PURL 5.3 | Samba Diallo s Ayoka in Smyrna, Georgia, 2010. Ensemble and solo dances and drum breaks to the kuku rhythm.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910221
PURL 5.4 | Samba Diallo s Ayoka in Smyrna, Georgia, 2010. Samba Diallo s speech and final dance party.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910223
Chapter 7
PURL 7.1a | Sogbety Diomande at the 2008 Lotus Festival in Bloomington. Stilt mask spirit Gue Pelou, introduction.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910252
PURL 7.1b | Sogbety Diomande at the 2008 Lotus Festival in Bloomington. Stilt mask spirit Gue Pelou, benedictions.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910253
PURL 7.2 | Sogbety Diomande at the 2008 Lotus Festival in Bloomington. Vado Diomande s song and dance with jembe solos.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910249
PURL 7.3 | Sogbety Diomande at the 2008 Lotus Festival in Bloomington. Sogbety Diomande on aa e drum.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910251
PURL 7.4 | Sogbety Diomande at the 2008 Lotus Festival in Bloomington. Guinean mask Soli Wule.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910250
Chapter 9
PURL 9.1 | Djo Bi s wedding near St. Bernice, Indiana, 2008. Friday night informal music making with drum breaks.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910233
PURL 9.2 | Djo Bi s wedding s near St. Bernice, Indiana, 2008. Friday night informal music making with guitar, jembe , and voice.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910234
PURL 9.3 | Djo Bi s wedding near St. Bernice, Indiana, 2008. Friday night informal music making with guitar, jembe , and Guro two-part singing.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910235
PURL 9.4 | Djo Bi s wedding near St. Bernice, Indiana, 2008. Saturday morning rehearsal for the formal wedding ceremony with Gue Pelou rhythms.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910236
PURL 9.5 | Djo Bi s wedding near St. Bernice, Indiana, 2008. Saturday morning rehearsal for the formal wedding ceremony with the bolohi rhythm.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910238
PURL 9.6 | Djo Bi s wedding near St. Bernice, Indiana, 2008. Formal wedding ceremony I: Gue Pelou encircles the site.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910239
PURL 9.7 | Djo Bi s wedding near St. Bernice, Indiana, 2008. Formal wedding ceremony II: Gue Pelou s benediction and song.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910241
PURL 9.8 | Djo Bi s wedding near St. Bernice, Indiana, 2008. Formal wedding ceremony III: wedding party procession.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910244
PURL 9.9 | Djo Bi s wedding near St. Bernice, Indiana, 2008. Formal wedding ceremony V: United Nations Band.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910242
PURL 9.10 | Djo Bi s wedding near St. Bernice, Indiana, 2008. Formal wedding ceremony VII: Guro mask Zauli dancing.
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/HsuReed/910246
PURL 9.11 | Djo Bi s wedding near S