Focus: Music of South Africa
- Author: Muller, Carol A.
Rich in detail and highly focused, this is the most thorough resource on South African music available to date —
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Contents
- Series Foreward by Michael B. Bakan
- PREFACE PART ONE: Creating Connections
- Introduction (1) South African Music: The Lion Sleeps Tonight (2) 20th Century Political History (3) 20th Century Media History: Live and Mediated (4) Graceland (1986): World Music Collaboration PART TWO: Twentieth Century Musical Styles--Music in Migrati
- Introduction (5) Representing the Past in South African Music (6) South African Music: Brief Definitions (7) Labor Migration: Isicathamiya (8) Labor Migration: Maskanda (9) Labor Migration: Gumboot Dance PART THREE: Focusing In, Two Case Studies
- Introduction First Case Study: Cape Jazz (10) Post World War II Cape Town (11) Sathima Bea Benjamin and Popular Culture in World War II Era (12) Sathima Bea Benjamin: Jazz Singer Second Case Study: Shembe Hymns (13) Shembe (14) AFTERWORD
- Glossary for South African words Musical Keywords
- Appendices (1) Overview of SA History (2) SA music in relationship to study of African Music (3) List of Significant Recordings and Websites (4) Discussion of accompanying CD
- References Cited