Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
In eleven original essays, the contributors address why music claims such pried of place in the African diasporic population, and to provide particular examples of the interweaving of the local and global in the lives of musicians and their audiences.
Synopsis
The African Diaspora presents musical case studies from various regions of the African diaspora, including Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, and Europe, that engage with broader interdisciplinary discussions about race, gender, politics, nationalism, and music. Featured here are jazz, wassoulou music, and popular and traditional musics of the Caribbean and Africa, framed with attention to the reciprocal relationships of the local and the global.