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Music and Politics in Bangladesh: A Journey of Musical Movements

Music and Politics in Bangladesh: A Journey of Musical Movements

Shabnam Azim
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781799858171|ISBN10: 1799858170|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799868538|EISBN13: 9781799858188
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5817-1.ch009
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Azim, Shabnam. "Music and Politics in Bangladesh: A Journey of Musical Movements." Music and Engagement in the Asian Political Space, edited by Uche Titus Onyebadi and Delaware Arif, IGI Global, 2023, pp. 212-227. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5817-1.ch009

APA

Azim, S. (2023). Music and Politics in Bangladesh: A Journey of Musical Movements. In U. Onyebadi & D. Arif (Eds.), Music and Engagement in the Asian Political Space (pp. 212-227). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5817-1.ch009

Chicago

Azim, Shabnam. "Music and Politics in Bangladesh: A Journey of Musical Movements." In Music and Engagement in the Asian Political Space, edited by Uche Titus Onyebadi and Delaware Arif, 212-227. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5817-1.ch009

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Abstract

“Bangladesh” is not only a popular song by George Harrison, a British singer, but also a showcase of the aura of music through which a relatively small area of land—Bangladesh—was introduced to the rest of the world in 1971. This is a unique example of the power and use of music to change the canvas of war, cruelty, weapons, murders, geo-politics, and a massive refugee problem. The purpose of this chapter is to explore the history of this musical power in the political liberation of Bangladesh, as well as how a generation of teenage bloggers in the country harnessed music to actualize their objective of bringing what they saw as justice to people who, in their judgement, undermined their country's war of liberation.

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