Home Institution
St. Michael's College
Publication Date
Fall 2009
Abstract
The music of Fiji flows throughout the country as rich as the food and as omnipresent as the kava. Music touches all aspects of the Fijian way of life. Whether one is Indo-Fijian, Indigenous Fijian, from another pacific island, kylomo, or a kavailagi, there is no escaping music while in Fiji. This paper looks to explore the different social settings and context that music is created and then in turn listened to, and how the social setting of Fiji has shaped what music is created here. This paper also attempts to gather in a cohesive manner, what music is being produced within Fiji at this time, especially in the genre of Hip-Hop; the voice of the people.
Disciplines
Music | Music Practice
Recommended Citation
Greene, Alexander, "Music in Its Social Context: Fiji in a Microcosm" (2009). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 770.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/770
Program Name
Fiji: Social Change and Ethnic Identity