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Webster-Kogen, Ilana (2018) Citizen Azmari: Making Ethiopian Music in Tel Aviv. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. (Music/Culture Series)

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Abstract

In the thirty years since their immigration from Ethiopia to the State of Israel, Ethiopian-Israelis have put music at the center of communal and public life, using it alternatingly as a mechanism of protest and as appeal for integration. Ethiopian music develops in quiet corners of urban Israel as the most prominent advocate for equality, and the Israeli-born generation is creating new musical styles that negotiate the terms of blackness outside of Africa. For the first time, this book examines in detail those new genres of Ethiopian-Israeli music, including Ethiopian-Israeli hip-hop, Ethio-soul performed across Europe, and eskesta dance projects at the center of national festivals. This book argues that in a climate where Ethiopian-Israelis fight for recognition of their contribution to society, musical style often takes the place of political speech, and musicians take on outsize roles as cultural critics. From their perch in Tel Aviv, Ethiopian-Israeli musicians use musical style to critique a social hierarchy that affects life for everyone in Israel/Palestine.

Item Type: Authored Books
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > School of Arts > Department of Music
ISBN: 9780819578334
Date Deposited: 29 Oct 2018 11:03
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/29854
Funders: Other, Other, Other

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