- AutorIn
- Dr. Shani Omari
- Titel
- Call me ‘Top in Dar’ : the role of pseudonyms in Bongo Fleva music
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-90542
- Quellenangabe
- Swahili-Forum - 18.2011
- Quellenangabe
- Swahili Forum 18 (2011), S. 69-86
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 2011
- Abstract (EN)
- Over the last two decades Bongo Fleva music has become a popular form of entertainment as well as a key cultural element among Tanzanian urban youth. The objective of this paper is to examine the role of pseudonyms in this musical genre in Tanzania. It focuses on how Bongo Fleva artists adopt their pseudonyms and discusses their role in identity formation among urban youths in contemporary Tanzania. The paper argues that pseudonyms in Bongo Fleva, as in various other fields, have an important role to play in portraying one’s identity, culture, characteristics, profile, actions, hope and imagination.
- Freie Schlagwörter (DE)
- Tansania, Bongo Fleva, urbane Identitätsbildung, Pseudonyme, gegenwärtige Musik, Jugend
- Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- Tanzania, Bongo Fleva, urban identity, youth, pseudonyms, contemporary music
- Klassifikation (DDC)
- 496
- Normschlagwörter (GND)
- Tansania, Pseudonym, Jugendmusik, Identität, Urbanität
- Herausgeber (Institution)
- University of Dar es Salaam
- Universität mainz
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-90542
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 16.08.2012
- Dokumenttyp
- Artikel
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch