Africa Speaks, America Answers
Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Music Styles, Jazz & Blues, Jazz, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Robin D. G. Kelley | ISBN: | 9780674068339 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 13, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robin D. G. Kelley |
| ISBN: | 9780674068339 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | March 13, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. |
| Language: | English |
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.
