New Books in Sound Studies

Mariam Goshadze, "The Noise Silence Makes: Secularity and Ghana's Drum Wars" (Duke UP, 2025)

Mariam Goshadze analyzes noise regulation in Ghana, focusing on the 1990s and 2000s conflicts over drumming bans. She demonstrates how these events reveal Ghanaian secularity and the role of traditional religions in urban African life.

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