Soweto blues : jazz, polular [i. e. popular] music, and politics in South Africa / Gwen Ansell.
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Soweto blues : jazz, polular [i. e. popular] music, and politics in South Africa / Gwen Ansell.
Soweto blues : jazz, polular [i. e. popular] music, and politics in South Africa / Gwen Ansell.
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Publisher
New York : Continuum, 2004.
Date
2004.
Call Numbers
N781.65096/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 350 p. : ill., ports. ;24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Where it all started -- Ch. 2. New sounds of the cities -- Ch. 3. Athens on the reef -- Ch. 4. The land is dead -- Ch. 5. Underground in Africa -- Ch. 6. Jazz for the struggle, and the struggle for jazz -- Ch. 7. Home is where the music is : South African jazz abroad -- Ch. 8. The 1990s and b...
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Publisher
New York : Continuum, 2004.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2004.
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Summary
"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 neighborhood heroes of small communities, the book uses the testimony of musicians to describe how apartheid impacted on the lives of ordinary (and sometimes extrao...
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Soweto blues : jazz, polular [i. e. popular] music, and politics in South Africa / Gwen Ansell.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-335) and index.
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N781.65096/1
Record Identifier
74VKdDJ8QZOg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKdDJ8QZOg
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ISBN
0826416624 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780826416629 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
781.650968
MMS ID
991019827119702626
