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Article: The re(public) of salsa: Afro-Cuban music in fin-de-siecle Dakar.(Report)
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- Africa
- Article date:
- March 22, 2009
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ABSTRACT
This article explores why, despite its diminished popularity, Afro-Cuban music remains among the most performed musics in Senegalese music clubs. Since the Second World War, many Senegalese have associated Afro-Cuban music with cosmopolitanism and modernity. In particular, Senegalese who came of age during the Independence era associate Latin music with a new model of sociability that emphasized 'correct' behaviour-elegant attire and self-discipline. Participating in an emerging 'cafe society' was especially important. The rise of m'balax music in the late 1970s, deemed more culturally 'authentic' by a younger generation coming into its own, challenged ...