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In Township Tonight!: South Africa's Black City Music and Theatre (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
by David Coplan  Publisher Comments David B. Coplan’s pioneering social history of black South Africa’s urban music, dance, and theatre established itself as a classic soon after its publication in 1985. As the first substantial history of black performing arts in South Africa,...
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Juju : a Social History and Ethnography of an African Popular Music (90 Edition)
by Christopher A. Waterman Publisher Comments Now known internationally through the recordings of King Sunny Ade and others, juju music originated more than fifty years ago among the Yoruba of Nigeria. This history and ethnography of juju is the first detailed account of the evolution and social...
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Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela
by Hugh Masekela Publisher Comments One of today's few living world-class artists--and rare spirits--narrates a magical journey around the world in this epic, music-soaked tale of love, excess, exile, and home. Hugh Masekela is a prodigiously talented giant of jazz and world music and a...
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Fela: From West Africa to West Broadway
by Trevor Schoonmaker Publisher Comments From West Africa to West Broadway. Fela was the pioneer of Afrobeat, an infectious mix of American funk and jazz with traditional Yoruba and Highlife music....
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African Music: A People's Art
by Francis Bebey Publisher Comments Engaging and enlightening, this guide explores African music's forms, musicians, instruments, and place in the life of the people. A discography classified by country, theme, group, and instrument is also included....
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Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela
by Hugh Masekela Publisher Comments Hugh Masekela is a giant of jazz and a pioneer in bringing the voice and spirit of Africa to the West, but his wild and moving tale transcends the world of music. A South African exile, he landed in New York, where he was adopted by bebop heroes like...
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Sweet Mother: Modern African Music
by Wolfgang Bender Publisher Comments Bender offers the first cultural history of modern African music. He describes the whole range of African musical genres—from the Senegambian/Manding style through Congolese soukous, Cameroonian makossa, West African Highlife, and the music of...
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Afropop: An Illustrated Guide To Contemporary African Music
by Sean Barlow Publisher Comments A heady blend of African traditional instruments and beat blends with pop culture's sound of rock, jazz, sould and R&B to produce a sound that has exploded onto the international scene....
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West African Pop Roots
by John Collins
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Griots and Griottes: Masters of Words and Music (African Expressive Cultures)
by Thomas A. Hale
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Fiddling in West Africa: Touching the Spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba Cultures
by Jacqueline Cogdell Djedje
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African Music a Peoples Art
by Francis Bebey Description "Selective discography, revised and updated by Richard Hill": p. 149-173. "Recent recordings": p. 174-176. Includes bibliographical references....
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Da Capo Guide to Contemporary African Music
by Ronnie Graham Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-305), discographies, and index....
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Black music of two worlds
by John Storm Roberts Description Bibliography: p. 261-266; discography: p. 267-277....
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Bayaka No CD
by Bernie Krause
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Xylophone Music From Ghana
by Trevor Wiggins
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Mashindano!: Competitive Music Performance in East Africa
by Frank Gunderson
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Mandiani Drum & Dance Djimbe Performance
by Mark Sunkett
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