Daniel B. Reed

Region of Interest

Africa

Primary Country of Residence

United States of America

Title

Associate Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology

Affiliation

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Email

reedd@indiana.edu

Mailing Address

Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology
Indiana University
800 E 3rd St, Rm 245
Bloomington, Indiana 47405 USA

Phone/Fax Number(s)

phone: (812) 855-2535

Countries of Specialization

Côte d'ivoire

Research Interests

Music and mask performances in the southern and northern Mande regions of West
Africa; especially among Dan (Yacouba) and Maou peoples in western Côte
d'Ivoire.

See: http://www.indiana.edu/~folklore/people/reed.shtml

Publications

2016. Abidjan USA : music, dance, and mobility in the lives of four Ivorian immigrants. Bloomington : Indiana University Press,

2014. “Spirits from the Forest: Dan Masks in Performance and Everyday Life.”Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk, ed., Visions from the Forests: The Art of Liberia and Sierra Leone. Minneapolis:Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

2011. “C’est le Wake Up! Africa: Two Case Studies of HIV/AIDS Edutainment Campaigns in Francophone Africa.” Gregory Barz and Judah Cohen, eds. The Culture of AIDS in Africa. London: Oxford University Press.

2005. “The Ge is in the Church and Our Parents are ‘Playing Muslim:’ Performance, Identity, and Resistance among the Dan in Postcolonial Côte d’Ivoire.” Ethnomusicology, 49 (3) pp.347-36.

2003. Dan Ge Performance: Masks and Music in Contemporary Côte d’Ivoire. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Keywords

music ; mask performances ; Mande ; West Africa