Soweto Blues
Subtitle: Jazz, Popular Music, and Politics in South Africa
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Published: October 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780826416629
Subjects: Human rights; Jazz; South Africa; Contemporary Politics - Africa; Music/Songbooks; Political aspects; Music; Republic of South Africa; Ethnic; Genres & Styles - Jazz; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Africa - South - South Africa; Genres & Styles - Blues; History and criticism
Description: "Soweto Blues springs from the voices of dozens of South African jazzmen and women who lived through the apartheid years. From well-known international figures like Hugh Masekela to the neighborhood heroes of small communities, the book uses the testimony of musicians to describe how apartheid impacted on the lives of ordinary (and sometimes extraordinary) people and how the struggle against it inspired their music. One musician tells of the young Nelson Mandela jiving in township dancehalls; another recalls the nightmare drive home from a rehearsal through the blood and teargas of the Soweto uprising."--BOOK JACKET.