Bamako Sounds: The Afropolitan Ethics of Malian Music

by Ryan Thomas Skinner

Bamako Sounds tells the story of an African city, its people, their values, and their music. Centered on the music and musicians of Bamako, Mali's booming capital city, this book reveals a community of artists whose lives and works evince a complex world shaped by urban culture, postcolonialism, musical expression, religious identity, and intellectual property.

Drawing on years of ethnographic research with classically trained players...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816693501
• ISBN13: 9780816693504
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.4"