Heavy metal Africa
Subtitle: life, passion and heavy metal in the forgotten continent
By: Edward Banchs
Publisher: Word Association Publishers
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Tarentum, Pennsylvania
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9781633851610
Subjects: Rock music; Rock musicians; Social conditions; Rock groups; History and criticism; Heavy metal (Music)
Description: "From cafes in Madagascar to quiet, dusty towns in the middle of the Kalahari, Edward seeks to understand exactly how the musicians live and struggle-- while experiencing the passion of rock and metal in Africa for himself"--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. A collision of passions; title: South Africa. A past divided, a future united; title: Botswana. Heavy metal dreams awakened in the Kalahari; title: Kenya. New horizons in the great "riff" valley; title: Madagascar. Metal in the forgotten continent's forgotten country; title: Mauritius & Reunion Island. Taking flight in Africa's paradises; title: Zimbabwe. Reigniting Africa's broken heart.