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South African Popular Music (Paperback)
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South African Popular Music (Paperback)
Series: Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
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Loot Price R380
Discovery Miles 3 800
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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 profoundly
foolish epiphany that music can exist both within the pleasure of
itself and for serving a far greater purpose.
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