RT Article
T1 Music and Transcendence: Sufi Popular Performances in East Africa
JF Temenos
VO 48
IS 1
SP 29
OP 48
A1 Kirkegaard, Annemette 1954-
LA English
PB [publisher not identified]
YR 2012
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1847099335
AB The article discusses transcendence in music in relation to popular Sufi performances in East Africa, drawing on specific cases from Zanzibar. Based on fieldwork, it examines ways in which music and movement in a structured event or performance can affect the consciousness. This phenomenon is discussed in close connection to its increasing presence in popular music festivals. The article also addresses the latent conflict between the performative Sufi orders of Islamic faith and the more conservative and increasingly silent Muslims.
K1 African Studies
K1 anthropology of music
K1 Music and religion
K1 music festivals
K1 popular music studies
DO 10.33356/temenos.6945