Recapitulation

Abstract

Abstract Beginning in the 1990s, Angola’s music scene shifted toward sacred music, and the remaining music opportunities for secular musicians were consolidated into an expanded rodeo event. These changes resulted from a new warden, a statute that opened the door for outside evangelical groups, and a more substantial financial reliance on tourism. Chapter 6 picks up my visits to the prison from 2008 to 2016, offering a recapitulation of all five themes of the preceding chapters. The chapter argues that music is still astonishing, associative, political, part of prison surfaces, and inflected toward desperate goals and promises. This final chapter aims to show how these historical perspectives of the prison illuminate current practices. The chapter describes the music of gospel musicians, the rodeo band, a banjo maker, and the secular musicians’ band room.