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The Place of Music and Dance in the Reconstruction of African Cultural History: a Case of the Abagusii of South-Western Kenya

机译：音乐和舞蹈在非洲文化历史重建中的地位：以肯尼亚西南部的阿巴比西为例

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This paper presents an overview exposition and critical reflection on the evolution and functionality of the pre-colonial African Music and dance among the Gusii of south-western Kenya. It seeks to address fundamental issues that are on the verge of being forgotten especially by the youth of this generation. It argues that music and dance among the Gusii have traditional roots as serves as a source of understanding the cultural history of the community. Indeed, without knowledge of a community’s cultural history, the historical destiny cannot be easily comprehended. This history makes it one of the most essential genres that the Gusii community’s ethnographic studies. It employs historical approach to explore the past musical and dance generic forms. This paper proceeds from the premise that, in the pre-colonial times, the Gusii had evolved elaborate music and dance forms conditioned by their social and natural environments. It was also established in this discussion that African music and dance, as practiced by the Gusii nurtured, enhanced, preserved and brought up emotionally, psychologically, ethically, socially stable and a unitary indigenous community. The theories employed to explain the phenomenon of the pre-colonial music and dance were, Evolution, Diffusion, functionalism and theories of dance. The Study methodology into historical enquiry of the place of pre-colonial music and dance was carried out in three major phases as follows; employing data collection techniques on a systematic basis beginning with secondary sources in libraries, the marshalling of primary source materials in the Kenya National Archives, and the gathering of data through oral interviews and observations in the research field. In this study, respondents were selected through snowball and purposive sampling techniques in order to obtain key custodians of the Gusii cultural history, who at the end of the study proved to be handy by providing up to date valuable information. Oral interviews were conducted between 1996 and 1998.Respondents included sixty elderly men and women from drawn form various parts of Gusii land, both professional and non-professional thought to be knowledgeable on the community’s cultural history. The data collected from both primary and secondary sources was sorted and analyzed qualitatively. From the study findings, it was established that music and dance practices among the Gusii reflected the community’s identity, since they are all, a vital artistic medium, through which people embody the self. This study will contribute to the understanding of African cultural history. Planners in the ministry of culture and social services may use these findings in the planning of socio-cultural activities in perpetuating cultural identity and African history in General. Key words: Abagusii, Reconstruction, Gusii, South-Western Kenya
机译：本文对肯尼亚西南部古西人之间的前殖民地非洲音乐和舞蹈的发展和功能进行了概述性论述和批判性反思。它力求解决特别是这一代年轻人正在被遗忘的基本问题。它认为，古西里人的音乐和舞蹈具有传统根源，可作为了解社区文化历史的来源。的确，如果不了解社区的文化历史，就无法轻易理解历史命运。这段历史使其成为古西族人种学最重要的流派之一。它采用历史方法探索过去的音乐和舞蹈通用形式。本文的前提是，在前殖民时期，古西族已经发展出受其社会和自然环境制约的精致的音乐和舞蹈形式。在这次讨论中还确定，古西伊人所实践的非洲音乐和舞蹈在情感，心理，伦理，社会上稳定和统一的土著社区的养育，增强，保存和养育。用来解释前殖民时期音乐和舞蹈现象的理论包括：进化，扩散，功能主义和舞蹈理论。在以下三个主要阶段中进行了对前殖民地音乐和舞蹈场所的历史探究的研究方法：系统地使用数据收集技术，从图书馆的第二手资料开始，在肯尼亚国家档案馆中整理第一手资料，并通过研究领域的口头访谈和观察来收集数据。在这项研究中，通过滚雪球和有目的的抽样技术选择了受访者，以获得古西文化历史的主要保管人，他们在研究结束时通过提供最新的有价值的信息被证明是非常方便的。在1996年至1998年之间进行了口头访谈。受访者包括来自古西（Gusii）各个地区的60名老年男性和女性，无论是专业人士还是非专业人士，都对社区的文化历史有所了解。从主要和次要来源收集的数据均经过分类和定性分析。根据研究结果，可以确定古西族中的音乐和舞蹈实践反映了社区的身份，因为它们都是至关重要的艺术媒介，人们可以通过这种媒介体现自我。这项研究将有助于理解非洲文化历史。文化和社会服务部的规划者可以将这些发现用于社会文化活动的规划中，以使文化特征和总体非洲历史永存。关键词：Abagusii，重建，Gusii，肯尼亚西南

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