Globalist Theory in Ethnomusicology

1. What does the author argue and suggest in this article?
2. What is “Tuku Music?” What does it represent for Zimbabweans living abroad?
3. To what has scholarship on diasporic musical experience paid attention?
4. What does the author’s research suggest?
5. To what does “Izere Mbepo” liken the experience of the migrant? What metaphor does the author use for diaspora?
6. What does the author illustrate?
7. In what does Zimbabwean migrants participate?
8. What did an undergraduate student declare after a performance in Wilmington? What does Mtukudzi live performances represent?
9. How does Mtukudzi draw upon indigenous genres? What do they evoke? What is mhande? Why is it important?
10. How does Mtukudzi’s approach compare to that of Thomas Mapfumo?
11. For what do diasporic audiences value songs such as “Izere Mbepo?”
12. What has important political implications’ Why?