Introduction,Part I – Seven singular itineraries, 1. "Olivier Araste: Ancestors, memory, and a career as a maloya musician", 2. "From Tulear to France: Damily - A tsapiky musician from Madagascar", 3. "Lori, Linda, and Andrea: The journeys of three French Louisiana music transplants" 4. "The sense of belonging - or not - to a transnational network: Performers and promoters of Afro-Cuban music and dance in Veracruz, Mexico" 5. "Ahmad Wahdan: Maestro among the frenzied streets of Cairo" 6. "From milonguero to "professor": Inventing a trade" 7. Julien: A bass-player hits the road" Part II. From singulars to plural Circulations; Changes in status and categorizations; From "métissage" to adjustment, Conclusion
Sara Le Menestrel is a cultural anthropologist with the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris and is a member of the Center for North American Studies at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales.