ABSTRACT
This section reviews the questions related to the phenomenon and concept of royalty affecting musical life in East Africa. It considers the role played by colonialism in the development of East African musical culture. The section makes an argument for the theory that Indonesian influence can be demonstrated in East African musical culture. It also makes an argument for the theory that Indonesian influence cannot be demonstrated in East African musical culture. The section describes some of the ways that musical traditions originating elsewhere have been “metaphorically reinterpreted” in Tanzania. It reviews the ways in which the Abayudaya is to be considered Jewish.
