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Kalakuta Diaries
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Author : Uwa Erhabor
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2012-12
Kalakuta Diaries written by Uwa Erhabor and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Kalakuta Diaries is a personal Narrative of events and characters that propelled and defined an African Social-political setting in the heart of Lagos Nigeria. Kalakuta was a creation of an Iconic rare-breed par excellence, whose enduring legacies has left an indelible Footprint in the sands of Africa and the World ́s political times and consciousness. This narrative apart from the well known battles against the establishment, is also an attempt to emphasise the roles played by the different characters that shaped the actions and policies of a Die-hard Pan-Africanist, who had an uncanny ability to read and predict exactly, outcomes of diverse political and economic actions of the ruling Elite' years ahead of most of his fellow countrymen. He dared the high and the mighty, the military governments and their western collaborators. He sang his way through the hearts of European and American cities using his music as a weapon in the demand for fairness, equity and love and the unity not only for the Black in his home country Nigeria, but the whole of Africa. That he had like every other human being, his shortcomings or weakness especially with the opposite sex is normal and also depicted in this narrative. Suffice to say his dreams, wishes and aspirations for the African continent and blacks all over the Diaspora. Interestingly as the reader would find out, the more potent enemies he had were within his own rank and file. From kids who carried grudges on behalf of their mother, through women who desperately wanted to have kids from him, staffs who secretly aided drug dealers knowing full well that he abhorred the use of such, up to relatives, staffs and friends who betrayed his trust. The intention of the writer having being schooled by the great one himself on issues of truthfulness, sincerity fearlessness and political foresight is to depict Kalakuta as it really was, without comas, bias, hard feelings or colouration.
Music As Cultural Text
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Author : Babacar M'Baye
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2025-05-26
Music As Cultural Text written by Babacar M'Baye and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-26 with Music categories.
African music’s most distinctive feature is the urbatextuality that transpires through its diversity and plural functions and the specific geographical, cultural, religious, linguistic, political, economic, and social contexts from which it evolves. This music and its circum-Atlantic offspring are characterized by wisdom, subtlety, resilience, and creativity. They are cultural texts marked by an openness to other customs and societies since they maintain authenticity that does not foreclose hybridity, cosmopolitanism, and other global human sensibilities. These elements have made West African music a transnational commodity and a source of inspiration and survival both on the continent and in the black diaspora. Such patterns characterize Pan-African musical traditions that thrive in several spaces where both plurality and authenticity are welcome. These characteristics are apparent in rich, complex, and vibrant musical cultures such as rap in Senegal, France, and Burkina Faso, Malian traditional music in Canada and France, hip-life and hip-hop in Ghana, Christian songs in Ghana and Nigeria, and ngoyaan, Cape Verdean cabo, and zouk in Senegal. African music’s distinctive features are also noticeable in Niger’s guitar-playing traditions and Tuareg oral poetry as well as in Senegambian blues that influenced their African American offspring whose imprints they bear. By exploring all these elements, the chapters in this book pay homage to the heterogeneity, memories, hope, pain, and humanity in the music of Africa and the black diaspora.
Kalakuta Republic
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Author : Chris Abani
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Kalakuta Republic written by Chris Abani and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Poetry categories.
This collection of poems details the harrowing experiences endured by Chris Abani and others at the hands of Nigeria's military regime in the late 1980s. The poems describe the characters from the prison inmates to their torturers.
Fela
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Author : Trevor Schoonmaker
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 2003-07-04
Fela written by Trevor Schoonmaker and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This collection is one of two publications in the Fela Project.
Glendora Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Glendora Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with African American arts categories.
The Wire
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Wire written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Alternative rock music categories.
Fela
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Author : John Collins
language : en
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Release Date : 2012-05-01
Fela written by John Collins and has been published by Wesleyan University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"A vibrant and multifaceted portrait of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti . . . and his role as a giant of modern African music." —Michael E. Veal, author of Dub Fela: Kalakuta Notes is an evocative account of Fela Kuti—the Afrobeat superstar who took African music into the arena of direct action. With his antiestablishment songs, he dedicated himself to Pan-Africanism and the down-trodden Nigerian masses, or "sufferheads." In the 1970s, the British/Ghanaian musician and author John Collins met and worked with Fela in Ghana and Nigeria. Kalakuta Notes includes a diary that Collins kept in 1977 when he acted in Fela's autobiographical film, Black President. The book offers revealing interviews with Fela by the author, as well as with band members, friends, and colleagues. For this second edition, Collins has expanded the original introduction by providing needed context for popular music in Africa in the 1960s and the influences on the artist's music and politics. In a new concluding chapter, Collins reflects on the legacy of Fela: the spread of Afrobeat, Fela's musical children, Fela's Shrine and Kalakuta House, and the annual Felabration. As the dust settles over Fela's fiery, creative, and controversial career, his Afrobeat groove and political message live on in Kalakuta Notes. A new foreword by Banning Eyre, an up-to-date discography by Ronnie Graham, a timeline, historical photographs, and snapshots by the author are also featured. "As multilayered and significant a document as the singer's musical contributions. It is a crucial testament about one of the world's most outspoken and radical artists, and gives deep insight into his life, music and struggles against oppression and mediocrity." — Journal of World Popular Music
New Statesman
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-04
New Statesman written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-04 with Great Britain categories.
The African Guardian
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
The African Guardian written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Africa categories.
Current Contents January 7 2002 Volume 24 Number 1
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Current Contents January 7 2002 Volume 24 Number 1 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with categories.