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Blues For The White Man - Hearing Black Voices In South Africa And The Deep South (Paperback) Price: R352
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Blues For The White Man - Hearing Black Voices In South Africa And The Deep South (Paperback)

Fred de Vries

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It started with a question about the blues: what makes the music of the downtrodden black man so alluring to white middle-class ears? And that’s where it gets interesting. Because blues is more than a musical genre: it’s a cultural phenomenon that spans several centuries on both sides of the Atlantic, from slavery to Black Lives Matter, from Jan van Riebeeck to Fees Must Fall, from Robert Johnson to Abdullah Ibrahim.

In Blues for the White Man, Fred de Vries looks for answers in America’s Deep South, drawing historical parallels with South Africa’s experience of colonialism, slavery, racism, civil war, segregation and protest. Travelling to Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta, De Vries speaks to musicians, Black Lives Matter activists and Trump supporters. He continues the conversation in South Africa, interviewing student protesters, white farmers and political thought-leaders to develop an understanding of white supremacy and black anger, white fear and black pain.

A fascinating, insightful journey through time and space, Blues for the White Man is a celebration of multiculturalism and a plea for white people to do some ‘second line dancing’ for a change.

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Imprint: Penguin Random House Group
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: May 2021
Authors: Fred de Vries
Dimensions: 253 x 154 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-1-77609-600-8
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Blues
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Blues
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LSN: 1-77609-600-2
Barcode: 9781776096008

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