The Bantu-Speaking Peoples of Southern Africa

The Bantu-Speaking Peoples of Southern Africa
Author: W. D. Hammond-Tooke
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2024-02-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 100385494X

First published in 1974, The Bantu-Speaking Peoples of Southern Africa is a revised and rewritten version of I. Schapera’s ethnographical survey of the Bantu-speaking tribes of South Africa. New South African contributors place on record all the known facts of the physical characteristics and traditional cultures of these peoples, as well as documenting the important social, cultural and economic changes that have occurred since the coming of the white man. This book will be of interest to students of anthropology, sociology, African studies, and history.

Focus: Music of South Africa

Focus: Music of South Africa
Author: Carol A. Muller
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2010-04-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 113590183X

Focus: Music of South Africa provides an in-depth look at the full spectrum of South African music, a musical culture that epitomizes the enormous ethnic, religious, linguistic, class, and gender diversity of the nation itself. Drawing on extensive field and archival research, as well as her own personal experiences, noted ethnomusicologist and South African native Carol A. Muller looks at how South Africans have used music to express a sense of place in South Africa, on the African continent, and around the world. Part One, Creating Connections, provides introductory materials for the study of South African Music. Part Two, Musical Migrations, moves to a more focused overview of significant musical styles in twentieth-century South Africa -- particularly those known through world circuits. Part Three, Focusing In, takes the reader into the heart of two musical cultures with case studies on South African jazz and the music of the Zulu-language followers of Isaiah Shembe. The accompanying CD offers vivid examples of traditional, popular, and classical South African musical styles.

Focus

Focus
Author: Carol Ann Muller
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2008
Genre: Isicathamiya
ISBN: 041596069X

First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Garland Handbook of African Music

The Garland Handbook of African Music
Author: Ruth M. Stone
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 923
Release: 2010-04-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1135900000

The Garland Handbook of African Music is comprised of essays from The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Volume 1, Africa, (1997). Revised and updated, the essays offer detailed, regional studies of the different musical cultures of Africa and examine the ways in which music helps to define the identity of this particular area. Part One provides an in-depth introduction to Africa. Part Two focuses on issues and processes, such as notation and oral tradition, dance in communal life, and intellectual property. Part Three focuses on the different regions, countries, and cultures of Africa with selected regional case studies. The second edition has been expanded to include exciting new scholarship that has been conducted since the first edition was published. Questions for Critical Thinking at the end of each major section guide and focus attention on what musical and cultural issues arise when one studies the music of Africa -- issues that might not occur in the study of other musics of the world. An accompanying audio compact disc offers musical examples of some of the music of Africa.

Sound of Africa!

Sound of Africa!
Author: Louise Meintjes
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2003-02-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780822330141

DIVAn ethnography of the recording of Mbaqanga music, that examines its relation to issues of identity, South African politics, and global political economy./div

External Research

External Research
Author: United States. Department of State. External Research Division
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release:
Genre: Social sciences
ISBN:

The World of South African Music

The World of South African Music
Author: Christine Lucia
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2009-03-26
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1443807796

The present Reader is a selection of texts on South African music which are chosen not only for their importance or the frequency of citations, but with the express purpose of providing the reader with a deep understanding of the music itself. Consequently, there are readings that are chosen because they have been influential, but there are also many which, though published, have not enjoyed very wide circulation. There are those which are of obvious historic interest, and others which speak to contemporary issues. Among other things, the volume provides an excellent sense of the varying ideologies and approaches that determine the relationship between author and subject. The reader is indispensable to scholars and enthusiasts of South African music and it is of great interest to ethnomusicologists more generally. It is also an excellent resource for those who do not have immediate access to harder-to-find articles, and is perhaps most vital to those who are looking to find a way into the world of South African music.