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Soweto blues : jazz and politics in South Africa

A major new contribution to the study of African music, Soweto Blues tells the remarkable story of how jazz became a key part of South Africa's struggle in the 20th century, and provides a fascinating overview of the ongoing links between African and American styles of music.
Print Book, English, 2004
Continuum, New York, 2004
Criticism, interpretation, etc
320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780826416629, 9780826417534, 0826416624, 0826417531
56696811
Where it all started
New sounds of the cities
Athens on the reef
The land is dead
Underground in Africa
Jazz for the struggle, and the struggle for jazz
Home is where the music is : South African jazz abroad
The 1990s and beyond : not yet Uhuru