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Nationalists, Cosmopolitans, and Popular Music in Zimbabwe (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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Nationalists, Cosmopolitans, and Popular Music in Zimbabwe (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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Hailed as a national hero and musical revolutionary, Thomas
Mapfumo, along with other Zimbabwean artists, burst onto the music
scene in the 1980s with a unique style that combined electric
guitar with indigenous Shona music and instruments. The development
of this music from its roots in the early Rhodesian era to the
present and the ways this and other styles articulated with
Zimbabwean nationalism is the focus of Thomas Turino's new study.
Turino examines the emergence of cosmopolitan culture among the
black middle class and how this gave rise to a variety of
urban-popular styles modeled on influences ranging from the Mills
Brothers to Elvis. He also shows how cosmopolitanism gave rise to
the nationalist movement itself, explaining the combination of
"foreign" and indigenous elements that so often define nationalist
art and cultural projects. The first book-length look at the role
of music in African nationalism, Turino's work delves deeper than
most books about popular music and challenges the reader to think
about the lives and struggles of the people behind the surface
appeal of world music.
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