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Ziggy Lionheart
After 13year-old Ziggy was attacked by fanatical neighbours, his mom decided to send him away so he could find a place to live safe and sound. But like many other Africans who left their countries hoping to find a better life, he had to experience unbelievable cruelties and had to fight again and again to survive. When he started a new life in Berlin, Germany, he was deeply afflicted getting bad news from home. Ziggy Lionheart is the story of a young man, who promised always to look forwards and never back. His story is about the power of hope and resilience.
Ziggy Löwenherz
Als der 13jährige Ziggy von fanatischen Nachbarn zusammengeschlagen wird, beschließt seine Mutter, ihn in eine sichere Zukunft zu schicken. Doch auf seiner Reise erlebt er wie zahllose Menschen, die den afrikanischen Kontinent verlassen, unmenschliche Grausamkeiten und muss immer wieder um sein Überleben kämpfen. Als er in Berlin beginnt, sich ein neues Leben aufzubauen, wird er von einer traurigen Nachricht erschüttert. Ziggy Löwenherz die Geschichte eines Menschen, der versprochen hat, immer nach vorn und nie zurückzuschauen. Es ist eine Geschichte über Resilienz und die Kraft der Hoffnung.
Politics in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau
This book explores how precolonial political traditions and practices shape modern-day politics in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. The precolonial Kaabu empire dominated the region for over 300 years, leaving a rich oral and ritual culture that emphasized the importance of a ruler’s legitimacy among the general population. This book traces how postcolonial political administrations and Justice, Integrity and Truth (JIT) movements have mobilized to reclaim, reinvent and subvert traditional Kabunka norms of statecraft to prove their political legitimacy. It shows how cultural memory, oral arts and musical forms can be used to express ideals of leadership and followership and, in the process, c...
Music, Health, and Power
Music, Health, and Power offers an original, on-the-ground analysis of the role that music plays in promoting healthy communities. The book brings the reader inside the world of kanyeleng fertility societies and HIV/AIDS support groups, where women use music to leverage stigma and marginality into new forms of power. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted over a period of 13 years (2006–2019), the author articulates a strengths-based framework for research on music and health that pushes beyond deficit narratives to emphasize the creativity and resilience of Gambian performers in responding to health disparities. Examples from Ebola prevention programs, the former President’s AIDS “cure,” and a legendary underwear theft demonstrate the high stakes of women’s performances as they are caught up in broader contestations over political and medical authority. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of ethnomusicology, medical anthropology, and African studies. The accompanying audio examples provide access to the women’s performances discussed in the text.
