In township tonight!
Subtitle: three centuries of South African black city music and theatre
By: David Coplan.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Jacana Media
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Auckland Park, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9781770093904
Subjects: Blacks -- South Africa -- Music -- History and criticism.; Music -- South Africa -- History and criticism.; Black theater -- South Africa.; Entertainers -- South Africa.; Musicians, Black -- South Africa.; Blacks -- South Africa -- Intellectual life.
Notes: First published by Ravan Press in 1985

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : in township last night; title: City life and performing arts in nineteenth-century South Africa; title: Black Johannesburg, 1900-1920; title: Black performance culture between the world wars : the "rank and file"; title: Black performance culture between the world wars:  the "situations"; title: Sophiatown : culture and community, 1940-1960; title: Township music and musicians, 1960-1980; title: Twenty years of black theatre : the struggle for black city culture; title: The darkness and the dawn : black popular music since 1980; title: Jazz and other (con)fusions since 1990; title: Out of the townships tonight : emerging South African theatre; title: Conclusion : in township tomorrow night.