South African popular music / Lior Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Lior, author.

Series:

33 1/3.

33 1/3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--South Africa.

Popular music.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

From the storied ache of mbube harmonies of the '40s to the electronic boom of kwaito and the amapiano and house explosion of the '00s, this book explores vignettes taken from across South Africa's popular music history. There are moments in time where music can be a mighty weapon in the fight for freedom. Disguised in a danceable hook or shouted for the world to hear, artists have used songs to deliver important truths and bring listeners together in the face of a segregated reality. In the grip of the brutal apartheid era, South Africa crafted its own idiosyncratic popular musical vernacular that operated both as sociopolitical tool and realm of escape. In a country with 11 official languages, music had the power to unite South Africans in protest. Artists bloomed a new idyll from the branches of countless storied musical traditions, and in turn found themselves banned or exiledthe profound epiphany that music can exist both within the pleasure of itself and for serving a far greater purpose.

Contents:

Introduction: Simunye: We Are One

1. The Lion Sleeps, The Evening Bird Sings

2. Bantu Radio and Shebeen Jazz

3. The Rebel Flute

4. They Cannot Say Qongothwane

5. Separate Development and Exile

6. Grace, the Land, and Graceland

7. The White Zulu

8. Sun City, Bubblegum, and Shifting Afrikaans

9. Free Nelson Mandela

10. Creating the New: Mzansi Fo Sho

11. Our House

Ten Essential Tracks

Notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781501383458

1501383450

9781501383441

1501383442

9781501383434

1501383434

OCLC:

1369639079