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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 11 books in this booklist
£9.99 hardback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781913090517 | ISBN 10: 1913090515
The first book of its kind, A Quick Ting On Afrobeats chronicles the social and cultural development of the eponymous music genre — tracing its rich history from the African continent all the way to the musical centre of the Western world. ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781789650471 | ISBN 10: 178965047x
Notes from Africa traces the rise of popular music on the continent - beginning in the 1980s when the term 'world music' was coined as a marketing label and African musicians, notably Youssou N'Dour and his contemporaries, began to appear on the inte ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781911115298 | ISBN 10: 1911115294
As West Africa’s oldest form of popular music, highlife was the soundtrack of the independence era. Its influence still resonates today.  Highlife Giants is an intimate portrait of the pioneering artistes of West Africa’s music scene from the ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781901927450 | ISBN 10: 1901927458
The magic couple Amadou and Mariam are one of the most loved and successful acts to come out of Africa this century, but their story is not one of overnight success. They have been singing their warm notes for more than thirty years. This au ... more
View book details£20.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780822341123 | ISBN 10: 0822341123
Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) from 1965 until 1997, was fond of saying “happy are those who sing and dance,” and his regime energetically promoted the notion of culture as a national resource. During this pe ... more
View book details£26.00 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781592134205 | ISBN 10: 1592134203
Masters of the Sabar is the first book to examine the music and culture of Wolof griot percussionists, masters of the vibrant sabar drumming tradition. Based on extensive field research in Senegal, this book is a biographical study of several generat ... more
View book details£30.00 hardback (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780826416629 | ISBN 10: 0826416624
Soweto Blues springs from the voices of dozens of South African jazzmen and women who lived through the apartheid years. From well-known international figures like Hugh Masekela to the neighbourhood heroes of small communities, the book uses the test ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780253217189 | ISBN 10: 0253217180
A lively study of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, one of Africa's most popular and controversial musicians. The flamboyant originator of the 'Afrobeat' sound and self-proclaimed voice of the voiceless, Fela used music, sharp-tongued lyrics and derisive humour ... more
View book details£24.99 paperback (2000) - ISBN 13: 9780745307312 | ISBN 10: 0745307310
African rhythms are at the heart of contemporary black Brazilian music. Surveying a legacy that encompasses over 400 years, Peter Fryer traces the development of this musical crossover and provides the first in-depth survey of the integration of Afr ... more
View book details£28.00 paperback (1990) - ISBN 13: 9780226874654 | ISBN 10: 0226874656
Now internationally know through the recordings of King Sunny Ade and His African Beats, Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey and his Inter-Reformers Band, Segun Adewale, and others, juju music has been produced for more than 50 years by the Yoruba people o ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (1989) - ISBN 13: 9780892812561 | ISBN 10: 0892812567
Born in Mali, West Africa, and a member of the Minianka (Bamana) tribe, Yaya Diallo was raised in a culture that works, worships, lives & breathes to the beat of the drum. An instrument for transmitting traditional knowledge among the Minianka, the ... more
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