Africa Speaks, America Answers Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times |
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| Author:
| Kelley, Robin D. G. |
| Series title: | The Nathan I Huggins Lectures |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-04624-5 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2012 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $74.95 |
Book Description:
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This collective biography of four jazz musicians from Brooklyn, Ghana, and South Africa demonstrates how modern Africa reshaped jazz, how modern jazz helped form a new African identity, and how musical convergences and crossings altered the politics and culture of both continents.
This collective biography of four jazz musicians from Brooklyn, Ghana, and South Africa demonstrates how modern Africa reshaped jazz, how modern jazz helped form a new African identity, and how musical convergences and crossings altered the politics and culture of both continents.