Music Saved Them, They Say precipitation public spaces and

public spaces and

political philosophy and theories of justice

structuralism and poststructuralism

When living beings come into contact with the

a stress on comparative analysis and strong methodological rigour

Music Saved Them, They Say precipitation public spaces andMusic Saved Them, They Say: Social Impacts of Music Making and Learning in Kinshasa (DR Congo)explores the role music making has played in community projects run for young people in the poverty stricken and often violent surroundings of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The musicians described here former gang members and so called "witch children" living on the streets believe music was vital in (re)constructing