(B.M. from NYU in jazz performance) is currently conducting research for a dissertation on music (taarab, ngoma,
and hip hop), acoustemology and ethnic identity politics in Mombasa,
Kenya. The research is being supported by Fulbright-Hays and the Social
Science Research Council, and is being conducted in consultation with
the newly-formed Institute of Swahili Studies within the National
Museums of Kenya. Website:http://www.andreweisenberg.com Email:aje11@columbia.edu