Description
Bender offers the first cultural history of modern
African music. He describes the whole range of African
musical genres—from the Senegambian/Manding style
through Congolese soukous, Cameroonian makossa, West
African Highlife, and the music of struggle and
liberation of South Africa—and locates each in its
social, political, and historical context. Sweet
Mother contains information available in no other
single source, including an extensive discography and
bibliography.
African music. He describes the whole range of African
musical genres—from the Senegambian/Manding style
through Congolese soukous, Cameroonian makossa, West
African Highlife, and the music of struggle and
liberation of South Africa—and locates each in its
social, political, and historical context. Sweet
Mother contains information available in no other
single source, including an extensive discography and
bibliography.
ISBN13: 9780451197191
Blue Vase Category: Fiction - Historical