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The book displays the author’s encyclopedic and deep knowledge of Tanzania’s music economy. It contains rich ethnographic descriptions and persuasive arguments, and would be valuable to anyone interested in the contemporary music scene in Tanzania.

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This page is a summary of: Perullo Alex. Live from Dar es Salaam: Popular Music and Tanzania’s Music Economy. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2011. African Expressive Cultures Series. xxxii + 459 pp. Map. Photographs. Appendixes. Notes. Re..., African Studies Review, April 2013, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/asr.2013.29.
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