ISBN:
9781527531536
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (362 pages)
Series Statement:
Studies in African Humanities Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.4842096
Keywords:
Music-Political aspects-Africa..
;
Music-Social aspects-Africa..
;
Arts-Political aspects-Africa..
;
Arts and society-Africa
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This volume focuses on how music and arts in the global Africana world are used for political and social change. It will be an essential resource for scholars and students in African studies, Africana, Afro-Atlantic studies, diaspora studies, sociology, music, literature, politics and culture. The volume is divided into three sections, namely "Music and Politics", "Case Studies of Experiential Practices in Healing and Education", and "Literature, the Arts, and Political Expression", which cross subject areas such as nationalism, political identity, post-coloniality, health, education, orality, and cultural expressivity. Diverse topics are covered, such as the African thematics of jazz, the Y'en a Marre/Fed Up movement in Senegal, the Occupy Nigeria movement, NGO activism in Brazil, and Africana performance traditions, as well as the dynamics of oral and written literature. The articles explore works by Joseph Conrad, Nathaniel Mackey, Kofi Awoonor, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o, as well as the artistic expression of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Abstract:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- A Note from the Series Editor -- Introduction -- Section I -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Section II -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Section III -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Index.
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