"The Eloquence of Anger: Zulu ngoma men’s song and dance," Louise Meintjes

Zulu Dancers
February 13, 2024
4:00PM - 5:30PM
Psychology Building, Room 35, 1835 Neil Avenue

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2024-02-13 16:00:00 2024-02-13 17:30:00 "The Eloquence of Anger: Zulu ngoma men’s song and dance," Louise Meintjes RegistrationFor Zulu ngoma performers, responsible manhood entails crafting anger into eloquence. In so doing, performers blur the lines between pain and styling, violence and its performance. When song and dance are limned by violence, how might we think about histories of anger acting upon the world through art? Living with the legacies of apartheid, ngoma performers’ anger (“ulaka”) is an expressive resource and a necessary though ambiguous response to injustice.About Louise MeintjesLouise Meintjes is the Marcellor Lotti Professor of Music and Cultural Anthropology at Duke University. Some of her recent publications include: Dust of the Zulu: Ngoma Aesthetics after Apartheid (Duke University Press, 2017) and Sound of Africa!: Making Music Zulu in the South African Studio (Duke University Press, 2003).Co-sponsor: Department of Anthropology and Musicology in the School of MusicThis event is free and open to the public. Find out about Visitor Parking at Ohio State University:https://osu.campusparc.com/find-parking/academic-visitor-parking/   Psychology Building, Room 35, 1835 Neil Avenue Department of History history@osu.edu America/New_York public

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For Zulu ngoma performers, responsible manhood entails crafting anger into eloquence. In so doing, performers blur the lines between pain and styling, violence and its performance. When song and dance are limned by violence, how might we think about histories of anger acting upon the world through art? Living with the legacies of apartheid, ngoma performers’ anger (“ulaka”) is an expressive resource and a necessary though ambiguous response to injustice.

About Louise Meintjes
Louise Meintjes is the Marcellor Lotti Professor of Music and Cultural Anthropology at Duke University. Some of her recent publications include: Dust of the Zulu: Ngoma Aesthetics after Apartheid (Duke University Press, 2017) and Sound of Africa!: Making Music Zulu in the South African Studio (Duke University Press, 2003).

Co-sponsor: Department of Anthropology and Musicology in the School of Music

This event is free and open to the public. Find out about Visitor Parking at Ohio State University:
https://osu.campusparc.com/find-parking/academic-visitor-parking/ 

 

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