Soweto blues : jazz, polular [sic.] music, and politics in South Africa / Gwen Ansell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ansell, Gwen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--South Africa--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Music--Political aspects--South Africa.

Music.

Music--Political aspects.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

viii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2004.

Summary:

A major new contribution to the study of African music, Soweto Blues tells the remarkable story of how jazz became a key part of South Africa's struggles in the 20th Century, and provides a fascinating overview of the ongoing links between African and American styles of music. Ansell illustrates how jazz occupies a unique place in South African music. Through interviews with hundreds of musicians, she pieces together a vibrant narrative history, bringing to life the early politics of resistance, the atmosphere of illegal performance spaces, the global anti-apartheid influence of Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba, as well as the post-apartheid upheavals in the national broadcasting and recording industries. Featuring an introduction by Abdullah Ibrahim, Soweto Blues is a fitting tribute to the power of music to inspire optimism and self-expression in the darkest of times.

Contents:

Where it all started

New sounds of the cities

Athens on the reef

The land is dead

Underground in Africa

Jazz for the struggle, and the struggle for jazz

Home is where the music is : South African jazz abroad

The 1990s and beyond : not yet Uhuru.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-335) and index.

ISBN:

0826416624

OCLC:

55502876