Scream for me, Africa! : heavy metal identities in post-colonial Africa / Edward Banchs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banchs, Edward, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Advances in metal music and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heavy metal (Music)--Africa.

Heavy metal (Music).

Africa.

Physical Description:

viii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Chicago, USA : Intellect, 2022.

Summary:

Scream for Me Africa! examines the hard rock and metal scenes in five African countries: Botswana, Togo, South Africa, Kenya and Ghana. Banchs spent significant time in each country interviewing musicians, producers and fans to create vivid pictures of each of these rarely discussed scenes. This book considers how the subculture of heavy metal is viewed in post-colonial Africa, and how musicians in the continent have stepped forward to make this genre their own. It looks at the continent's blossoming scenes through various themes including hybridity, othering and political tensions.--back cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I HEAVY METAL AND CULTURAL CONFRONTATIONS

1. Arka'n Asrafokor and the Reinvention of Togo

2. Dark Suburb: The Rebellious Sons of a Nation and the Amplifying of the Silent in the City of Hope

3. Lights, Camera, Leather! Kalahari Snapshots, Global Visions and Marginal Existences

pt. II HEAVY METAL AND POLITICAL CONFRONTATIONS

4. Apartheid's Haze: Finding Clarity through Heavy Metal in South Africa

5. Kenyan Dreams, Nairobi Nights: Heavy Metal and Hope in the Post-Authoritarian Kenya.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-170) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781789385212

1789385210

OCLC:

1308486558