Afrobeat! : Fela and the Imagined Continent /
Olorunyomi, Sola
Afrobeat! : Fela and the Imagined Continent / Sola Olorunyomi. - Ibadan : IFRA-Nigeria, 2013. - xxi-278 p.
Ebook
IN AFROBEAT! A POPULAR ARTIST, a counter-hegemonic activist of the hardest grain, meets his most cerebral, disquisitional interpreter. – ODIA OFEIMUN, Leading African poet and former President, Association of Nigerian Authors. This is not just another addition to a growing Fela scholarship but a fascinating and frequently insightful study. It is both a celebration of Fela's uncommon virtuosity and an exploration of his mystique. – NIYI OSUNDARE, Poet and Professor of English, University of New Orleans. A Major contribution to Fela scholarship in particular, and African popular culture studies in general; it explores Afrobeat as musical practice and cultural politics. – TEJUMOLA OLANIYAN, Associate Professor of English, University of Virginia. An original effort. Like Fela's life, this account of it is not only a wild ride but a magical African musical mystery tour. – DAVID COPLAN, Professor of Social Anthropology University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
OpenEdition Books License
979-10-92312-07-2
10.4000/books.ifra.511 doi
Music
History
Nigeria
afrobeat
musique populaire africaine
afrobeat
African music
Nigeria
Afrobeat! : Fela and the Imagined Continent / Sola Olorunyomi. - Ibadan : IFRA-Nigeria, 2013. - xxi-278 p.
Ebook
IN AFROBEAT! A POPULAR ARTIST, a counter-hegemonic activist of the hardest grain, meets his most cerebral, disquisitional interpreter. – ODIA OFEIMUN, Leading African poet and former President, Association of Nigerian Authors. This is not just another addition to a growing Fela scholarship but a fascinating and frequently insightful study. It is both a celebration of Fela's uncommon virtuosity and an exploration of his mystique. – NIYI OSUNDARE, Poet and Professor of English, University of New Orleans. A Major contribution to Fela scholarship in particular, and African popular culture studies in general; it explores Afrobeat as musical practice and cultural politics. – TEJUMOLA OLANIYAN, Associate Professor of English, University of Virginia. An original effort. Like Fela's life, this account of it is not only a wild ride but a magical African musical mystery tour. – DAVID COPLAN, Professor of Social Anthropology University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
OpenEdition Books License
979-10-92312-07-2
10.4000/books.ifra.511 doi
Music
History
Nigeria
afrobeat
musique populaire africaine
afrobeat
African music
Nigeria
