Malian music ‘made in France’: postcolonial relationships through world music festivals and ‘transcultural creations’ - Université Paris Nanterre
Article Dans Une Revue Ethnomusicology Forum Année : 2022

Malian music ‘made in France’: postcolonial relationships through world music festivals and ‘transcultural creations’

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As a former French colony, Mali's musical landscape contributed in important ways to the formation of the world music scene in France, where many of its most famous musicians have recorded, performed, and sometimes settled, especially from the 1980s onwards. Drawing on this context, the essay offers an overview of the African world music scene in France through some of its main vectors of development, including labels, festivals, and cultural institutions. This is approached through the analysis of programmes from important French world music festivals showcasing Malian musicians, such as Africolor or Musiques Métisses, and by exploring examples of musical collaborations—referred to in France as ‘transcultural musical creations’—which were often implemented within cultural institutions and featured in festivals. Elaborating on how an elitist art culture was created, by stressing certain features of Malian music to the detriment of others, it is argued that these musical productions perform a play with otherness, which, in turn, has enabled western canons to take the guise of praising Malian music genres and instruments. Ultimately, these creative processes—and the discourses that foreground them—shed light on how France articulates and negotiates the postcolonial relationships it sustains with some of its former colonies.
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hal-04681866 , version 1 (30-08-2024)

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Elina Djebbari. Malian music ‘made in France’: postcolonial relationships through world music festivals and ‘transcultural creations’. Ethnomusicology Forum, 2022, African musics in Europe, 31 (3), pp.412-428. ⟨10.1080/17411912.2022.2147669⟩. ⟨hal-04681866⟩
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