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Representing African Music
Author | : Kofi Agawu |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2014-04-23 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781317794066 |
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The aim of this book is to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African music. Who writes about African music, how, and why? What assumptions and prejudices influence the presentation of ethnographic data? Even the term "African music" suggests there is an agreed-upon meaning, but African music signifies differently to different people. This book also poses the question then, "What is African music?" Agawu offers a new and provocative look at the history of African music scholarship that will resonate with students of ethnomusicology and post-colonial studies. He offers an alternative "Afro-centric" means of understanding African music, and in doing so, illuminates a different mode of creativity beyond the usual provenance of Western criticism. This book will undoubtedly inspire heated debate--and new thinking--among musicologists, cultural theorists, and post-colonial thinkers. Also includes 15 musical examples.
The African Imagination in Music
Author | : Kofi Agawu,Victor Kofi Agawu |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 389 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780190263201 |
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The African Imagination in Music offers a fresh introduction to the vast and complex world of Sub-Saharan African music. Through close readings of traditional music and references to popular music, Agawu considers topics including the place of music in society, musical instruments, language and music, and appropriations of African music.
Representing African Music
Author | : Kofi Agawu |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2014-04-23 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781317794059 |
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The aim of this book is to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African music. Who writes about African music, how, and why? What assumptions and prejudices influence the presentation of ethnographic data? Even the term "African music" suggests there is an agreed-upon meaning, but African music signifies differently to different people. This book also poses the question then, "What is African music?" Agawu offers a new and provocative look at the history of African music scholarship that will resonate with students of ethnomusicology and post-colonial studies. He offers an alternative "Afro-centric" means of understanding African music, and in doing so, illuminates a different mode of creativity beyond the usual provenance of Western criticism. This book will undoubtedly inspire heated debate--and new thinking--among musicologists, cultural theorists, and post-colonial thinkers. Also includes 15 musical examples.
African Rhythm
Author | : Victor Kofi Agawu |
Publsiher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Ewe (African people) |
ISBN | : 0521480841 |
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. An accompanying compact disk enables the reader to work closely with the sound of African speech and song discussed in the book.
The Music in African American Fiction
Author | : Robert H. Cataliotti |
Publsiher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0815323301 |
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First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Representing Black Music Culture
Author | : Bill Banfield |
Publsiher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2011-10-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780810877870 |
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In this collection of essays, interviews, and profiles, William Banfield reflects on his life as a musician and educator, as he weaves together pieces of cultural criticism and artistry, all the while paying homage to Black music of the last 40 years and beyond. In Representing Black Music Culture: Then, Now, and When Again?, Banfield honors the legacy of artists who have graced us with their work for more than half a century. The essays and interviews in this collection are enhanced by seven years of daily diary entries, which reflect on some of the country's most respected Black composers, recording artists, authors, and cultural icons. These include Ornette Coleman, Bobby McFerrin, Toni Morrison, Amiri Baraka, Gordon Parks, the Marsalis brothers, Spike Lee, Maya Angelou, Patrice Rushen, and many others. Though many of the individuals Banfield lauds are well-known to most readers, he also turns his attention to musicians and artists whose work, while perhaps unheralded by the world at large, are no less deserving of praise and respect for their contributions to the culture. In addition, this volume is filled with candid photographs of many of these fellow artists as they participate in expressive culture, whether on stage, on tour, in clubs, behind the scenes, in rehearsal, or even during meals and teaching class. This unique book of essays, interviews, diary entries, and Banfield's personal photographs will be of interest to scholars and students, of course, but also to general readers interested in absorbing and appreciating the beauty of Black culture.
Music as Discourse
Author | : Kofi Agawu,Victor Kofi Agawu |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2014-10-29 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780190206406 |
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The question of whether music has meaning has been the subject of sustained debate ever since music became a subject of academic inquiry. This book presents a synthetic and innovative approach to musical meaning which argues deftly for the thinking of music as a discourse in itself.
Hip Hop Africa
Author | : Eric Charry |
Publsiher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2012-10-23 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780253005823 |
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Hip Hop Africa explores a new generation of Africans who are not only consumers of global musical currents, but also active and creative participants. Eric Charry and an international group of contributors look carefully at youth culture and the explosion of hip hop in Africa, the embrace of other contemporary genres, including reggae, ragga, and gospel music, and the continued vitality of drumming. Covering Senegal, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa, this volume offers unique perspectives on the presence and development of hip hop and other music in Africa and their place in global music culture.