Tuning the Kingdom draws on oral and written accounts, archival research, and musical analysis to examine how the Kawuugulu Clan-Royal Musical Ensemble of the Kingdom of Buganda (arguably the kingdom's oldest and longest-surviving performance ensemble) has historically managed, …
Focusing on love's importance to power, Hanson suggests new interpretations of the history of Buganda. She traces an African habit of thought-the idea that people ought to be tied by bonds of affection-to show how people used this idea to knot together a kingdom and criticize co…