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Music, Performance and African Identities: 3
Author(s): Toyin Falola (Editor), Tyler Fleming
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 18 Nov. 2011
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 356 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415888433
- ISBN-13: 9780415888431
Book Description
Cutting across countries, genres, and time periods, this volume explores topics ranging from hip hop’s influence on Maasai identity in current day Tanzania to jazz in Bulawayo during the interwar years, using music to tell a larger story about the cultures and societies of Africa.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Fleming and Falola must be commended for bringing together in one volume a wide range of topics and methods that probe the social dynamics of modern performance traditions in Africa.” — Bode Omojola, African Studies Review
About the Author
Toyin Falola is the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor in History and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
Tyler Fleming is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History & Geography at the University of Texas at Austin.
