Music Saved Them, They Say

Name: Music Saved Them, They Say
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Music Saved Them, They SaySocial Impacts of Music-Making and Learning in Kinshasa (DR Congo)\nAuthor(s): Lukas Pairon\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367456757, 978-0367456757\nSynopsis\nMusic Saved Them, They Say: Social Impacts of Music-Making and Learning in Kinshasa (DR Congo) explores the role music-making has played in community projects run for young people in the poverty-stricken and often violent surroundings of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The musicians described here former gang members and so-called \""witch children\"" living on the streets believe music was vital in (re)constructing their lives. Based on fieldwork carried out over the course of three-and-a-half years of research, the study synthesizes interviews, focus group sessions, and participant observation to contextualize this complicated cultural and social environment. Inspired by those who have been n