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The beat of my drum : an autobiography / Babatunde Olatunji, with Robert Atkinson, assisted by Akinsola Akiwowo ; foreword by Joan Baez ; introduction by Eric Charry.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML419.O385 A3 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olatunji, Babatunde.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Olatunji, Babatunde.
- Drummers (Musicians)--Nigeria--Biography.
- Drummers (Musicians).
- Nigeria.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2005]
- Contents:
- Discography/Videography/Webography 22
- Part 1 Learning the Rhythm
- 1 The Spirit of Drumming 29
- 2 Yorubaland 43
- 3 From Lagos to Atlanta 75
- Part 2 Adapting to a New Rhythm
- 4 Jim Crow and College Life 91
- 5 Harlem on My Mind 123
- 6 Drums of Passion 136
- Part 3 Passing the Rhythm On
- 7 Social Change and Civil Rights 163
- 8 World Music Comes of Age 193
- 9 Voices of Africa 213.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 20-22), discography (pages 22-25), videography (pages 25-26) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1592133533
- 1592133541
- OCLC:
- 55765472
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