Health, Well-being, and Popular Music in Africa

Bonnie McConnell; Hassoum Ceesay; Buba Darboe; Malick Gaye; Vivette Glover; Hajara B. Huma; Katie Rose M. Sanfilippo; Lauren Stewart

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190081379.013.57

Health, Well-being, and Popular Music in Africa

Bonnie McConnell, Hassoum Ceesay, Buba Darboe, Malick Gaye, Vivette Glover, Hajara B. Huma, Katie Rose M. Sanfilippo, Lauren Stewart

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This chapter examines the role of popular music in health communication in Africa, a topic that has received attention from scholars across a range of disciplines, including ethnomusicology, popular music studies, anthropology, and public health. The authors provide a critical overview of significant themes in the literature, including the challenges and benefits of entertainment education approaches, the politicization of health knowledge, celebrity role models, and illness-related stigma. The chapter examines the CHIME project in the Gambia, which employed an interdisciplinary partnership approach to address maternal mental health awareness through popular music. It shows that popular songs offer insight into local perspectives and experiences of health and illness, as well as tools for promoting mental well-being.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Oxford Handbook of Global Popular Music
Editors	Simone Krüger Bridge , Britta Sweers
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	1-21
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9780190081386
ISBN (Print)	9780190081379
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190081379.013.57
Publication status	Published - Aug 2024

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