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Batuko And Funana: Musical Traditions Of Santiago, Republic Of Cape Verde, Susan Hurley-Glowa
Batuko And Funana: Musical Traditions Of Santiago, Republic Of Cape Verde, Susan Hurley-Glowa
School of Music Dissertations and Theses
"Batuko and Funana: Musical Traditions of Santiago, Cape Verde Islands" is primarily based on an ethnographic survey emphasizing music and culture I conducted with a people of African descent living in Santiago, one of the Cape Verdean islands. This group of people is informally referred to as the Badius. I undertook the field research for the project in Cape Verde in June and July, 1991 and from October 1992 through August 1993. Before, between, and after those trips I did additional field research with people from Santiago living in the extensive Cape Verdean communities of Southern New England.
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Cape Verdean Funana: Voice Of The Badius, Susan Hurley-Glowa
Cape Verdean Funana: Voice Of The Badius, Susan Hurley-Glowa
School of Music Dissertations and Theses
What is funana? The short answer is that it is a musical genre from the Cape Verde Islands. A more thorough answer to this question could take many forms depending on who you are and what your relationship to the music is. My goal has been to understand, . identify, and describe funana I s essential features from many different angles based on what I have learned about it from Cape Verdeans, books, films, recordings, and from- my own observations.
I have arranged this paper into sections that represent three different views of funana. The first focuses on funana in …