Phillips Lior (Music Journalist Usa) - South African Popular Music - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: From the storied ache of mbube harmonies of the 40s to the electronic boom of kwaito and the amapiano and house explosion of the 00s this book explores vignettes taken from across South Africa's popular music history. There are moments in time where music can be a mighty weapon in the fight for freedom. Disguised in a danceable hook or shouted for the world to hear artists have used songs to deliver important truths and bring listeners together in the face of a segregated reality. In the grip of the brutal apartheid era South Africa crafted its own idiosyncratic popular musical vernacular that operated both as sociopolitical tool and realm of escape. In a country with 11 official languages music had the power to unite South Africans in protest. Artists bloomed a new idyll from the branches of countless storied musical traditions and in turn found themselves banned or exiled the profound epiphany that music can exist both within the pleasure of itself and for serving a far greater purpose.
Title: South African Popular Music
Author(s): Phillips Lior (Music Journalist Usa)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781501383427
Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Date: 5/4/2023
Series: Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
Category: Pressure Groups & Lobbying