Musical Bows of Southern Africa

Contents

• Preface
• 1. A Brief Introduction to Musical Bows in Southern Africa Bernhard Bleibinger (University of Fort Hare, South Africa)
• 2. Chipendani (Mouth Bow) - the Origin of the Shona Mbira Harmonic System and of Andrew Tracey's 'Basic KalimbaCore' with an Appendix on the Venda Tshihwana Klaus-Peter Brenner (University of Goettingen, Germany)
• 3. Musical Bows of Namibia Dave Dargie (independent scholar)
• 4. Umakhweyana and ugubhu Zulu musical bows as inkokha, imvingo, inkohlisa, uqwabe and isiqwemqwemana Sazi Dlamini (University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)
• 5. The Social Dynamics of Three Zimbabwean Musical Bows: The Chipendani, Mukube, and Ground-bow Jennifer W. Kyker (University of Rochester, USA)
• 6. The Sitontolo Mouthbow of eSwatini: Embodiment, Stories and Music Cara Stacey (independent scholar) and Vusi Sibandze (independent scholar)
• 7. Musical Bows of the AmaXhosa David Dargie (independent scholar)
• 8. Eastern Kalahari Bow Music Jurgen Schoepf (La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia) Contributor Biographies Index