Childhood 23(3):438-454 My music, my voice: musicality, culture and childhood in Vhavenda communities
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E-Journal
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ISSN
1461-7013
Category
ECCE
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Publication Year
2016
Publisher
SAGE Journals, Thousand Oaks, CA, United States
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[ private ]
Pages
8 p.
Subject
Early childhood education, Adolescents, Music education, Children, Cultural influence, Children's voices, Musical arts practices, Vhavenda, Youth, South Africa
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Abstract
The notion of children's ‘voices’ is a construct used to frame the lack of power and agency that young people yield in their lives. However, representing children as ‘voiceless’ overlooks how they employ tools, such as music, to voice their agency in dynamic, articulate, and meaningful ways. This collaborative article examines how children and young people in Vhavenda communities in South Africa utilize music to straddle their realities between tradition and change. Through this exploration, we will demonstrate how children and young people shape, embody, and challenge the lived and contemporary notions of what it means to be Vhavenda.
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