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vanishedone commented on the word postmamboism
Boing Boing: 'Postmamboism is a portable theory that places music at the center of understanding and uses music to interrogate other fields of study... The term Postmamboism derives from the Kikongo word imbú, likely used in Cuba from the 16th century on, that is variously translated as "word," "law," "song," or "important matter," and which is pluralized as ma-imbú, or mambo. The prefix "post" is understood to mean not "what replaced," but "what happened after the world was transformed by."'
December 16, 2009
Hollsly commented on the word postmamboism
I first read this as postMANboyism, as in the period of time in which a man-boy abandons partying and video games in favor of his career other 'grown-up' pursuits.
March 17, 2013