The African Diaspora : A Musical Perspective (Critical and Cultural Musicology, Volume 3)
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"The African Diaspora: A musical Perspective explores the relationship of music to the emergence of African Diaspora sensibilities in the late twentieth century in a nuanced and refreshing way, and will reward repeated readings. The volume will provide valuable insights to scholars who teach or conduct research in African/African Diaspora studies, anthropology, cultural criticism, or musicology."
–Frank Gunderson, Florida State University,Notes, September 2004
Book Description
In eleven original essays, this collection examines such diverse musics and issues as the blues aesthetic and the African diaspora in jazz performance; different versions of the 1939 song "Mbube," also known as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"; the globalization of jazz from an insider's perspective; the power of women in the popular wassoulou music of Mali; the mamaya repertory of Guinea in the 1930s and 40s; Yoruba folk opera; traditional Ewe music as taught by the Dagbe Cultural Institute in Ghana; the role of militarism in Haitian vodou music; musical revivals and social movements in contemporary Martinique; and the role of African diaspora in the music and statements of jazz drummer Art Blakey. The contributors in this volume address why music claims such pride 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.
The African Diaspora : A Musical Perspective (Critical and Cultural Musicology, Volume 3)
The African Diaspora : A Musical Perspective (Critical and Cultural Musicology, Volume 3),INGRID MONSON,Garland,0815323824,Africa,Black Musicians And Their Music,Blacks,Ethnomusicology,History & Criticism - General,History and criticism,Music,African studies,Theory of music & musicology
The African Diaspora : A Musical Perspective (Critical and Cultural Musicology, Volume 3)
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