Output details
27 - Area Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
Book title
Chanter l'existence : La poésie de Sando Marteau et ses horizons philosophiques
Type
A - Authored book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Zdenek Susa
ISBN of book
9788086057873
Year of publication
2013
URL
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Number of additional authors
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Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
Sando Marteau is a Swahiliphone performing artist living in Lubumbashi, DRC. Full of melancholy tones, his songs express the malaise of contemporary Congolese society, but they equally address the general situation of the human being in the world. This book situates Sando Marteau’s work in the intellectual contexts of Swahili literature, philosophy (especially African philosophy), and Congolese music. It explores the philosophical dimension of the songs, which it characterizes as “implicit existentialism”. The book also examines the possibility of using the genre of musical performance to express philosophical thought.
