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MUSICOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM

17/02/2017

Rumba and Semba; Musical Highlights in Times of Independence in Kongo and Angola

Lezing/Seminar 
Dr. Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger, Independent Researcher and Research Associate RWTH Aachen

Dinsdag 7 maart, 11:30 - 12:30 uur.
Universiteitsbibliotheek, Singel 425, Belle van Zuylenzaal

Abstract:
In countries, in which most people could not read and write and also spoke different languages in de 1960s and 1970s, musicians succeeded to achieve some sense of cohesion. They had a quite important role to bring people together creating the perception of a shared political destiny. This was the case in Kongo and Angola, in which countries Papa Wendo and the Ngola Rhythms represented the expectations of a future postcolonial society. What kind of music did they play and sing? What was their impact after independence? And how is this period seen today?

Dr. Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger focuses her research on cultural and scientific history in the post-colonial context. Her main focus is Latin American and Caribbean literary criticism.
Dr. Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger teaches at the Humboldt University (Institute for Romance Languages) and was a lecturer at the University of Maryland (Spanish and Portuguese Department).