The Da Capo Guide to Contemporary African Music

by Ronnie Graham

The Da Capo Guide to Contemporary African Music is the first ever comprehensive guide to recorded African music.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306803259
• ISBN13: 9780306803253
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

encyclopedic survey of African contemporary music

This is an encyclopedic survey of contemporary sub-Saharan African music up through the mid-1980s. Organized by country, Graham provides a brief background on local traditional and mid-century popular music and then concentrates on the music of the 1970s and the first half of the 1980s. Covers religious as well as secular music. Includes brief discographies. I did not identify any factual innaccuracies within the realm of my limited knowledge. Excellent index.