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dc.contributor.authorLumbwe, Kapambwe
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-14T07:59:52Z
dc.date.available2015-09-14T07:59:52Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationLumbwe, K. 2013. Indigenous mfunkutu and contemporary ubwinga (wedding) music of the Bemba-speaking people of Zambia: continuity and change. Journal of the musical arts in Africa. 10(1):71-101. [http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rmaa20/current]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1812-1004
dc.identifier.issn2070-626X (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/14476
dc.description.abstractMusical arts (music, dance and dramatisation) embedded in Bemba ubwinga (wedding) ceremonies play an integral role as a conduit through which knowledge in the form of cultural values, customs and traditions is transmitted. Indigenous music performed at ubwinga ceremonies is based on mfunkutu, while contemporary musics include various styles such as Kalindula, Zamrock and Zamragga, as well as various musical styles from different parts of Africa and the rest of the world. Interaction with other cultures from within Zambia as well as from Africa and the rest of the world has led to change in the structure of ubwinga ceremonies, thereby influencing the musical arts embedded in them. This article examines the nature of mfunkutu and other musical arts within ubwinga celebrations expressed by the Bemba of Lusaka and the Copperbelt region of Zambia. Despite political, socio-economic and socio-cultural changes in Zambian society, both continuity and change are evident in the current ubwinga ceremonies, which are an amalgamation of some of the elements from the pre-colonial ubwinga ceremonies and those of the white wedding ceremonies of the post-independence era. Subsequently, these developments have revealed that, despite internal and external socio-cultural, socio-economic and political influences, marriage mfunkutu have not undergone substantial changes, other than an abridgement of the repertoire.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2013.846983
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rmaa20/current
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/18121004.2013.846983
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.titleIndigenous mfunkutu and contemporary ubwinga (wedding) music of the Bemba-speaking people of Zambia: continuity and changeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID12078050 - Lumbwe, Kapambwe


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