Music as social discourse: the contribution of popular music to the awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS in Nairobi, Kenya

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dc.contributor.advisorPotgieter, Zelda
dc.contributor.advisorBrand, Mark
dc.contributor.authorGitonga, Priscilla Nyawira
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-14T13:42:11Z
dc.date.available2015-05-14T13:42:11Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation is a critical, theoretical study focussing is on the contribution that popular music makes towards raising awareness and promoting the prevention of HIV/Aids in Nairobi, Kenya. Towards this end, an analysis of the lyrics and musical gestures of four Kenyan pop music songs is undertaken in order to highlight their communicative capabilities in this regard. These songs, namely, are Lulumbe by Wasike wa Musungu, Juala by Circute and Jo-el, Vuta Pumz by The Longombas, and Dunia Mbaya Chunguze by Princess Jully. The context in which these musical analyses occur is provided in: - An overview of the Kenya of today, in particular that of the diverse and hybrid ethnic, linguistic, musical and cultural practices of Nairobi, and of the various youth cultures in that city, as well as in an overview of the extent of the HIV/Aids pandemic in Kenya, especially amongst the youth of Nairobi, with some reflection on existing interventions. - An overview of current trends in popular music analysis and an explanation of the author’s own eclectic semiotic analytical methodology within this context. The study concludes that a repeating strategy may be discerned on the part of the composers and performers in question, namely, to first engage audiences through language and music with which they are familiar, and then to encourage audiences to confront the unknown and unfamiliar in music and language, but also ultimately in terms of their social practices. The known and the familiar is highlighted both in the lyrics and in the music itself. It includes use of commonlyspoken languages and dialects, popular musical styles typical of the particular sub-culture, and references to the day-to-day experiences of the ordinary personen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNelson Mandela Metropolitan Universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/12618
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNelson Mandela Metropolitan University Faculty of Artsen_US
dc.titleMusic as social discourse: the contribution of popular music to the awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS in Nairobi, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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