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A Short Fieldwork Report on the Nuba Mountains
Timkehet Teffera Mekonnen
ASIAN-EUROPEAN MUSIC RESEARCH JOURNAL 11 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.30819/aemr.11-10 pp: 123-124 2023-06-22
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Stichworte/keywords: Sudan, Nuba Mountains, Fieldwork, Nymang people, Musical life
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Mekonnen, T.T. (2023). A Short Fieldwork Report on the Nuba Mountains. ASIAN-EUROPEAN MUSIC RESEARCH JOURNAL, 11 , 123-124. doi:10.30819/aemr.11-10
@article{Mekonnen_2023,
doi = {10.30819/aemr.11-10},
url = {https://doi.org/10.30819/aemr.11-10},
year = 2023,
publisher = {Logos Verlag Berlin},
volume = {11},
pages = {123-124},
author = {Timkehet Teffera Mekonnen},
title = {A Short Fieldwork Report on the Nuba Mountains},
journal = {ASIAN-EUROPEAN MUSIC RESEARCH JOURNAL}
}
Abstract
This is a review on a fieldwork undertaken among the Nymang ethnic community residing on the legendary Nuba
Mountains of southern Kordofan, Sudan, in 2005. It is a result of participatory observation, and the view taken on
it is retrospective. The author was able to study the social and cultural life, rituals, taboos, musical traditions, and
many more, which are discussed in detail in a later book, thanks to her Sudanese hosts. The description carried
out in the writing reflects personal perspectives as a human being, a woman, and a complete stranger entering an
unknown and distant world. Indeed, it must have been one of the best experiences the author had in her nearly 3
decades of scholarly experience.