Following his mother's untimely demise, murder and intrigue seems to follow David Kyalo everywhere he goes. He cannot trust anyone. Severely depressed, David drops out of school and descends into the ruthless world of crime and drugs in seedy Nairobi nightclubs. Things seem to take a turn for the better when his only surviving relative, a long lost uncle, shows up. But his uncle comes with family secrets that he is desperate to keep from David's knowledge.

Melodious mild sunk the crimson sun Over an earth so fated with harm Above islands primitive as woes That sally in the union of those Who hail the curfewed tear of Taila By which tear the legend of Taila And the ancient sun got entangled A ditty they upheld but mingled Ditty as harmonious as gusto Telling of a Zowdor Nemoso Tussling against the Sissi Nanna Trampling upon the Zomo Nanna Even though he conspired with the night The morning our islands went ablight History shall spare her sworn fiance As we mourn the son of Kalante

Long treated as peripheral to music history, dance has become prominent within musicological research, as a prime and popular subject for an increasing number of books, articles, conference papers and special symposiums. Despite this growing interest, there remains no thorough-going critical examination of the ways in which musicologists might engage with dance, thinking not only about specific repertoires or genres, but about fundamental commonalities between the two, including embodiment, agency, subjectivity and consciousness. This volume begins to fill this gap. Ten chapters illustrate a range of conceptual, historical and interpretive approaches that advance the interdisciplinary study of music and dance. This methodological eclecticism is a defining feature of the volume, integrating insights from critical theory, film and cultural studies, the visual arts, phenomenology, cultural anthropology and literary criticism into the study of music and dance.

A co-publication of the World Bank, International Finance Corporation and Oxford University Press

This title looks at the story of African literature and its dissemination in the latter half of the 20th century.