This talk traced the politics of song ownership and the ways that copyright laws encouraged new relationships to music, sound, and intangible property. It documents the impact of international laws on notions of music and rights at a time when artists struggle to attain international recognition for their music and economic prosperity from their creative expressions.

Speaker: Alex Perullo (Alex Perullo, Professor of Anthropology and Music)
Discussant: Makeen Makeen (SOAS)
Chair: Angela Impey (SOAS)

Owning the Angel: Property, Rights, and Law in African Music

Our first podcast features a discussion on blended online learning chaired by Head of the School of Arts, Professor Shane McCausland, in conversation with Professor Lucy Durán (Music), Dr Estrella Sendra Fernandez (Film and Screen Studies) and Dr Caspar Melville (Centre for Creative Industries, Media and Screen Studies).

Music credits:

Opening theme - Bamanaya (trad). performed on Bobo balafon by Wali Coulibaly (age 6) and Daniel Dembele (age 10). Recorded in Bamako in 2015 by Lucy Durán .
Excerpt from Sattelites, original composition by Garth Knox (2016 Inner Sunset Publishing)
Closing theme - excerpt from Sunjata's Time, original composition by Fodé Lassana Diabaté (2016 Inner Sunset Publishing)

Produced by Lucy Durán and Morgan Davies

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