"One Love, Ghoema Beat: Inside the Cape Town Carnival "takes
readers behind the scenes of one of the world's least known and
most colorful carnivals. Similar in many ways to Mardi Gras in New
Orleans and Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the Cape Town Carnival is
unique in its history, which is rooted in South Africa's troubled
past, and in its music, which is propelled by the mesmerizing
ghoema beat.
In 2006, historian and photographer John Edwin Mason joined the
Pennsylvanians Crooning Minstrels, one of the best known of Cape
Town's sixty-plus Carnival troupes. For the next four seasons, he
took part in the troupe's rehearsals, street marches, and
competitions. He also spent time with other troupes, getting to
know their members and traditions. This unprecedented access
allowed him to photograph every phase of the troupe's life--the
spectacular parades and grueling late-night practice sessions, the
frenetic workshops of drum makers and tailors, the rituals of
donning costumes and makeup, and the joy and agony of inter-troupe
competitions. His photos simultaneously dazzle the eye and engage
the mind.
Mason lived in Cape Town in 1989 and 1990 and has visited the
city yearly ever since. One Love, Ghoema Beat is his second book
about the city's culture and history.
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