Home Institution
Wofford College
Publication Date
Spring 2019
Abstract
This research paper explores stambeli, a traditional spiritual music in Tunisia, by understanding its musical and spiritual components then identifying ways it is presented in digital media. Stambeli is shaped by pre-Islamic West African animist beliefs, spiritual healing and trances. The genre arrived in Tunisia when sub-Saharan Africans arrived in the north through slavery, migration or trade from present-day countries like Mauritania, Mali and Chad. Today, it is a geographic and cultural intersection of sub-Saharan, North and West African influences.
Disciplines
African Languages and Societies | African Studies | Ethnomusicology | Music Performance | Religion | Sociology of Culture | Sociology of Religion
Recommended Citation
Mogbo, Nneka, "A Study of Stambeli in Digital Media" (2019). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 3056.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/3056
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African Languages and Societies Commons, African Studies Commons, Ethnomusicology Commons, Music Performance Commons, Religion Commons, Sociology of Culture Commons, Sociology of Religion Commons
Program Name
Tunisia and Italy: Politics and Religious Integration in the Mediterranean