Music in Australia: Songs of Protest and Healing Bibliography

This assignment presents a critical bibliography exploring the themes of protest and healing in Australian music, drawing on five scholarly sources. Walker's article examines the use of music in South African protests against anti-retroviral therapies, highlighting its role in mobilization. Jolaosho's work analyzes the influence of freedom songs on political movements in post-apartheid South Africa, emphasizing the impact of rhythm and adaptation. Mathew's research delves into the manifestation of slave trauma in song lyrics, revealing the emotional impact of slavery. Crosson's article explores the role of music in understanding social conditions and slave rebellions, particularly focusing on the song of Rio Moro. Finally, Hamilton et al. investigate the use of religious songs by African American adults to manage stressful life events, highlighting the healing power of music on mental health. The assignment provides a detailed overview of each source, synthesizing key arguments and offering critical perspectives on their contributions to understanding music's role in social and cultural contexts.

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Walker, G.R., 2018. ‘Our songs were our stones’: song and struggle in the treatment action
campaign. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 36(2), pp.175-190.
Walker (2018) in the article entitled “‘Our songs were our stones’: song and struggle in
the treatment action campaign” discusses the use of the music as one of the major ways to
demonstrate the protests against the anti-retroviral therapies that had been implemented within
the South African territories. The paper in discussion highlighted the incorporation of music as
one of the major factors that are highlighted as the protest mediums within the country. The
songs were generally used to deal with the mobilization of the people within the country against
the racial and the socio-economic discrimination that is implemented by the concerned
organization as well. The article highlights the factors that state music helps to unite people
against the various issues that they have been facing due to the implementation of the
governmental policies that are highlighted within the given area. The songs as highlighted within
the given article are used for uniting the youth and other members within the society in protest
against the various issues that have been highlighted within the given society at large. The music
industry is further observed to be dealing in the overall areas for the development of the cultural
factors within the given territorial boundaries. The article further highlights that there might be a
greater number of factors that are affected through the music. The music as well as the songs
might be interpreted in a number of ways on the basis of the person who has been interpreting
the song. This in turn creates the conditions wherein the hearer might interpret a varied number
of messages from the entire song that is being popularized as a medium of protest.
Jolaosho, O., 2019. Singing Politics: Freedom Songs and Collective Protest in Post-
Apartheid South Africa. African Studies Review, 62(2), pp.6-29.

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Jolaosho (2019) in the article entitled “Singing Politics: Freedom Songs and Collective
Protest in Post-Apartheid South Africa” highlights the various factors that have been influencing
the protests that are taking place within the African territories. The article helps in the overall
development of the issues that are highlighted within the given territorial boundaries of Africa.
The article highlighted the fact that the songs tend to have a great influence on the issues that are
faced by the region in terms of the political uprising within the concerned area. The article states
that the majority of the songs that are used for the freedom movements tend to have a greater
influence on the matters that related to the overall development of the political scenario within
the given area. The implementation of the various factors like the rhythm and the reception of the
various freedom songs tend to have a distinctive feature that helps in the overall development of
the protests among the concerned countrymen. The article highlights that the instant
compositions and the adaptations of the various songs help in unification of the people who have
been protesting against a given agenda that is being followed within the given area. The songs
that are selected for the overall development of the issues that are constructed in an aesthetic
manner so as to help in the overall development of the protest movements within the given area.
The implementation of the music as the medium of the protests within the given political
territories are observed to have a perceptible impact on the protestors with the help of the issues
that are highlighted due to the uses of repetitive variations and other such factors within the
composition.
Mathew, M.A., 2018. The Manifestation of Slave Trauma in Lyrics: A Reading of Select
Slave Songs. International Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies, 6(3),
pp.27-33.

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Mathew (2018) in the article entitled “The Manifestation of Slave Trauma in Lyrics: A
Reading of Select Slave Songs” discusses the depiction of the issues that are highlighted within
the various songs that highlight the shabby conditions that are faced by the people who had to
bear the pain of slavery at the hands of the fair-skinned people. The paper highlights the factors
that are maintained within the lyrics of the songs that discuss about the poor conditions that were
faced by the slaves. The article in discussion highlights the fact that the lyrics of the various
songs that were composed within the given era. The lyrics of the various songs of the era tends to
help in the discussion on the matters that are related to the protests that were faced by the
concerned authorities regarding the issues that were highlighted by the slaves within the given
area. The paper looks into the various issues that are highlighted within the society that
eventually leads to the composition of the music elements that help the future generations in
dealing with the issues that were highlighted within the given era. The songs that were composed
in the given era highlight the fact that there had been a huge amount of trauma among the people
who have been facing the slavery conditions within the given area. The article highlights the fact
that the lyrics of the songs that were composed within the area tends to have been dealing with
the trauma that was developed within the minds of the slaves. The slaves further demonstrated
the capability of the composition of the songs during their condition of slavery.
Crosson, J.B., 2015. What Obeah Does Do: Healing, Harm, and the Limits of
Religion. Journal of Africana Religions, 3(2), pp.151-176.
Crosson (2015) in the article of “What Obeah Does Do: Healing, Harm, and the Limits
of Religion” highlights the ways in which the song and music helps in the overall understanding
of the issues that were highlighted in the concerned era. The article in discussion sheds light on
the protest song of Rio Moro. The authors tend to highlight the fact that the falsified nature of the

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consciousness as had been demonstrated through Obeah. The author highlights the fact that the
sons in discussion is known to have been dealing with the various factors that are related to the
social conditions that were faced by the people residing within the given areas. The article
discusses the various issues that are highlighted due to the excessive implementation of the
power on the oppressed classes within the society. The article highlights that the given song in
discussion discusses the beliefs of the local people who have been residing in the given area. The
song highlights the fact that it had been inspirational in case of the various slave rebellions that
had taken place within the given time period thereby leading to the overall development of the
uprising of the slaves within the given area. The article also highlights the fact that the popular
belief stated that the song had the capability of being a protective barrier for the revolutionaries
and had even healing powers. This in turn helped in the overall development of the issues that
are highlighted in terms of the influences that are required for the development of the protests
that were undertaken by the people who had taken part in the protests that had been taking place
at Rio Moro.
Hamilton, J.B., Stewart, J.M., Thompson, K., Alvarez, C., Best, N.C., Amoah, K. and
Carlton-LaNey, I.B., 2017. Younger African American adults’ use of religious songs to
manage stressful life events. Journal of religion and health, 56(1), pp.329-344.
Hamilton et al. (2017) in the article “Younger African American adults’ use of religious
songs to manage stressful life events” highlights the common belief that is observed within the
African American residents. The major belief that is highlighted in the given article discusses the
fact that the various religious songs that are highlighted by the common people tend to have a
healing effect on the people who have been chanting the concerned songs. The article
highlighted the various factors that are related to the healing effect of the songs and the music

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that are cast on the minds of the people who have been dealing with the religious factors within
the given area. The majority of the factors that are highlighted within the given article highlight
the fact that the music has a healing effect on the minds of the people. The religious factors that
are presented through the songs tend to highlight the peaceful influences that the concerned
music has on the overall development of the human psyche. The article further highlights the
influence of the religious songs on the overall development of the issues that have been
highlighted within the psyche as well as the mental strength as have been maintained within the
given organization as well. The article discusses the issues that are highlighted in terms of the
implementation of the religious songs in the development of the health of the concerned person
as well. The article in discussion further highlights the fact that the music helps in the
development of the mental health programs as well.

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References
Crosson, J.B., 2015. What Obeah Does Do: Healing, Harm, and the Limits of Religion. Journal
of Africana Religions, 3(2), pp.151-176.
Hamilton, J.B., Stewart, J.M., Thompson, K., Alvarez, C., Best, N.C., Amoah, K. and Carlton-
LaNey, I.B., 2017. Younger African American adults’ use of religious songs to manage stressful
life events. Journal of religion and health, 56(1), pp.329-344.
Jolaosho, O., 2019. Singing Politics: Freedom Songs and Collective Protest in Post-Apartheid
South Africa. African Studies Review, 62(2), pp.6-29.
Mathew, M.A., 2018. The Manifestation of Slave Trauma in Lyrics: A Reading of Select Slave
Songs. International Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies, 6(3), pp.27-33.
Walker, G.R., 2018. ‘Our songs were our stones’: song and struggle in the treatment action
campaign. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 36(2), pp.175-190.