{"product_id":"azmari","title":"Azmari","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Ethiopia, music is a way of life. This book offers a close, immersive portrait of itinerant poet-musicians who earn their living through song and performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing on \u003cem\u003eAzmari\u003c\/em\u003e singer-instrumentalists and itinerant \u003cem\u003eLalibela\u003c\/em\u003e singers, the author, Itsushi Kawase, draws on many years of fieldwork to trace how these singers skillfully engage with audiences and shape their lives through music. Moving beyond the conventional divide between researcher and subject, Kawase follows their practices, aspirations, and transformations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by a visual anthropologist and filmmaker, and richly illustrated with photographs, this work captures Ethiopian musical culture in motion — from local performances to international stages, and through the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic — inviting readers to reconsider music and performance from an original and intimate perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e+++\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItsushi Kawase\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor at Japan’s National Museum of Ethnology and the Graduate University for Advanced Studies. His work bridges ethnographic filmmaking, poetry, fiction and performance, bringing a dynamic and engaged approach to scholarship.\u003cbr\u003eSince 2001, he has conducted research on hereditary singers in northern Ethiopia, and since 2018, he has explored religious practices among the Ethiopian diaspora in Tokyo. As a filmmaker, he has directed several documentaries, including Azmari-The Fest of Voices- (2023), When Spirits Ride Their Horses (2012) and the award-winning Room 11, Ethiopia Hotel (2007). His work critically examines the challenges and opportunities of communicating anthropological knowledge through film, encouraging dialogue both on screen and in daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e+++\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eAbout the Author \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e1. The \u003ci\u003eChenbir \u003c\/i\u003eguys \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e2. The ancient city of Gondar, where the princess had her view\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e3. Living myth, instrument \u003ci\u003emasenqo \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e4. Subordination and resistance: Entertainers as media\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e5. Festive rituals and Azmari \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e6. Mediating conversations with spirits\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e7. Farm work and Azmari \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e8. Praise song\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e9. Wax and gold: Diving into the world of images \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e10. The secret of secret words\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e11. Connection to one’s hometown \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e12. Tegabu and Yetayal \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e13. The Azmari network spreads: In Mekelle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e14. My big brother in Washington, DC\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e15. The rise and fall of \u003ci\u003eAzmaribet \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e16. Ethiopian music shaken from the outside\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e17. Becoming artists \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e18. Lalibela, bard of the high plains \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e19. Various names\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e20. The legend of \u003ci\u003eshkatch\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e21. Living in the endless blessing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e22. Reactions to the film\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e23. Let’s survive!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eAcknowledgment \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eImage References \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KAWASE Itsushi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42572749373525,"sku":"978-1-920850-65-4","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":42572749406293,"sku":"978-1-920850-66-1","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9905\/4677\/files\/9781920850654.jpg?v=1780641056","url":"https:\/\/transpacificpress.com\/products\/azmari","provider":"Trans Pacific Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}