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Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Ser.: Sweet Mother : Modern African Music by Wolfgang Bender (1991, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226042537
ISBN-139780226042534
eBay Product ID (ePID)4426778
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSweet Mother : Modern African Music
Publication Year1991
SubjectEthnic, Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
TypeTextbook
AuthorWolfgang Bender
Subject AreaMusic
SeriesChicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN90-020316
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal780/.96
SynopsisBender offers the first cultural history of modernAfrican music. He describes the whole range of Africanmusical genres from the Senegambian/Manding stylethrough Congolese soukous, Cameroonian makossa, WestAfrican Highlife, and the music of struggle andliberation of South Africa and locates each in itssocial, political, and historical context. "Sweet ""Mother" contains information available in no othersingle source, including an extensive discography andbibliography.", 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.
LC Classification NumberML3502.5.B4613 1991
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