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Did you know... that rural women in Burundi greet each other with an intricate musical ritual called akazehe?
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... that rural women in
Burundi greet each other with intricate musical rituals called akazehe? Source: The melodies result from concatenation of short segments. [...] The two voices use common melodic material (mode, ambitus, rhythmic cycle) but are superimposed out of alignment and at times off-beat.
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/emt/article/view/30278/34694
Reviewed: QPQ not required as this is my second nomination
QPQ and sourcing checks out. Article is new and long enough, with no obvious issues. Hook checks out, but its a little on the long side. Perhaps just "... that rural women in Burundi greet each other through an intricate musical form called akazehe?" In general, hooks are best the more you can condense their core idea. Good work on the article by the way, expansion on coverage of African cultural and social topics has been sorely needed! -
Generalissima (
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23:38, 15 November 2023 (UTC)reply
I'm not 100% sure on this, but the sample audio of the Akazehe sounds like it might be playing backwards-- it sounds sort of robotic and odd. Not certain how to fix this, but hoping to bring it to the attention of someone who does!
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14:05, 28 November 2023 (UTC)reply