The World of South African Music: A ReaderChristine Lucia 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. |
Contents
Imperialism to Modernism | 1 |
Music for the Settler Jubilee | 15 |
African Music | 29 |
African Music in South Africa | 39 |
King Kong | 57 |
Princess Constance Magogo | 72 |
Aspects of Afrikaans Music | 90 |
The FAK and Afrikaans Music | 107 |
Hindu Devotional Music in Durban | 192 |
The Guitar in Zulu Maskanda Tradition | 207 |
Sefela and Shebeen Songs | 220 |
Indigenous Instruments | 238 |
Analysing Kevin Volans White Man Sleeps | 258 |
Kwela | 267 |
Nazarite Hymns | 285 |
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Uses of Memory | 298 |
Christian Schubart and the Cape | 122 |
Music and Social Transformation | 138 |
Xhosa Overtone Singing | 152 |
But We Sing | 170 |
The Globalisation of South African Music | 320 |
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