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UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Concert with Kedmon Mapana, 2011-12-06
Overview of the Collection
- Col
- University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
- Title
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Concert with Kedmon Mapana
- Dates
- 2011-12-062011-12-062011-12-06
201120112011 - Quantity
- 2 items : OT - 2 vcts (mini-DV, DVCAM); WD - 1 DVD (digital, stereo); Duration: 1:01:00; program; course description
- Collection Number
- 2011010
- Summary
- Performance of Wagogo music by visiting artist Kedmon Mapana and his University of Washington students, December 6, 2011, Brechemin Auditorium, UW School of Music.
- Repository
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University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access is restricted.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Kedmon Mapana is an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Department of Fine and Performing Arts. He earned a Music Education Certificate from Butimba Teachers College, a BA in Music and a Master of Arts in Music from the University of Dar es Salaam. Currently, he is a doctoral student at Seattle Pacific University in curriculum and instruction with emphasis on music education and ethnomusicology. He is a dancer, singer, drummer, Gogo flute, kayamba and ilimba player, music performance organizer, choir director, scholar and community music teacher. From May to July 2006 and April to June 2007, Kedmon taught choral and dance workshops in schools and Lutheran churches in Sweden and Denmark. He is featured in a 15-minute documentary filmed in Denmark in 2008, "Kedmon Mapana in Denmark" (Milbo Media: MM-DOK 44005008). In July 2008, he led a group to Poland to perform and give workshops at a cultural festival in Wroclaw. He has presented invited academic papers at Africa University in Zimbabwe, University of Washington School of Music, and University of Dar es Salaam's Ethnomusicology Symposium. He has published an article on his thesis research in the African Cultural Studies Journal (19(1) June, 2007:81-93). He was one of the Panelists for Teleconference for the Society of Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting 2008 at Wesleyan University-Africa. He has organized three large Wagogo cultural festivals (13 Feb, 2005, 8 Feb, 2009 and 17 July, 2010) featuring Gogo music and musicians from a number of villages in his home area: Chamwino Village in the Dodoma Region of Central Tanzania.
- https://mapanakedmon2010.wordpress.com
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Videorecording by Michiko Urita for the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives.
Contents: Music and dance from the Wagogo region of central Tanzania with Kedmon Mapana -
1. Introduction by Patricia Shehan Campbell
2. Upendo (love) and muheme drumming
3. Ngadu Gwe Nzo Nkhutume (Tortoise, come!)
4. Sahani Yangu Hedukila (My plate is shining, look at it)
5. Petelo Mzelelo (Young gentleman Peter)
6. Nindo
7. Comments by Patricia Shehan Campbell
8. Beula Satani (Dig up the devil)
Original tapes transferred to digital files and DVD work disc produced 12/2011.
Durations: 2011-10.1 OT - 55:00; 2011-10.2 OT - 6 min.; 2011-10.1 WD - 1:01:00.
Documentation: Flyer
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Description | Dates |
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2011010-0001: Concert: Kedmon Mapana
1 optical media : DVD - unpublished
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2011-12-06 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Concerts
- Ethnomusicology
- Video recordings in ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Africa
- Seattle (Wash.)
- Tanzania
- Wagogo
Form or Genre Terms
- Video recordings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Mapana, Kedmon (prf)