Afrobeat! : Fela and the imagined continent
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 fas...
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| Place / Publishing House: | [Place of publication not identified] : Institut français de recherche en Afrique, 2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Dynamiques africaines
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 278 pages). |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9791092312072 2821819668 |
| Access: | Open access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |