O tonalismo como força colonizadora na África
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https://doi.org/10.33871/23179937.2021.9.1.20Keywords:
Tonalismo, Harmonia tonal, Música africana, Colonialismo,Abstract
No ensaio, Kofi Agawu aborda a relação entre o tonalismo – entendido como "sistema hierarquicamente organizado de relações entre alturas" – e a música africana. A partir de diferentes exemplos e em diálogo com contribuições dos estudos decoloniais e da etnomusicologia, Agawu desenvolve uma interpretação crítica que busca compreender como aspectos da imaginação musical africana responderam à violência colonial imposta a partir de uma linguagem harmônica estrangeira. Após três momentos, em que busca respectivamente expor (1) aspectos do tonalismo na música africana da atualidade, (2) aspectos do pensamento tonal africano pré-colonial e (3) elaborações composicionais de criadores africanos, o autor conclui o texto tecendo considerações sobre o tonalismo como força colonizadora, defendendo uma revisão de prioridades no estudo das músicas do continente e enaltecendo os processos de resistência originários da África.
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