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Books on African Music (Sub-Saharan)
1.
African Music: A People's Art
by:
Francis Bebey
3.83 avg rating β 35 ratings
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The Rough Guide to World Music: Africa and Middle East
by:
John Armstrong
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 2 ratings
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Musical Instruments of Africa; Their Nature, Use, and Place in the Life of a Deeply Musical People
by:
Elisabeth Hoffmann Dietz
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 1 rating
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Masters of the Sabar: Wolof Griot Percussionists of Senegal
by:
Patricia Tang
4.10 avg rating β 10 ratings
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Black Music Of Two Worlds
by:
John Storm Roberts
3.84 avg rating β 25 ratings
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Mande Music: Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
by:
Eric Charry
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 23 ratings
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Fela: The Life And Times Of An African Musical Icon
by:
Michael E. Veal
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 97 ratings
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Griots and Griottes: Masters of Words and Music
by:
Thomas A. Hale
4.09 avg rating β 11 ratings
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The Banjo: Americaβs African Instrument
by:
Laurent Dubois
4.36 avg rating β 58 ratings
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Music In My Head
by:
Mark Hudson
3.81 avg rating β 21 ratings
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African Banjo Echoes In Appalachia: A Study of Folk Traditions
by:
Cecelia Conway
4.30 avg rating β 33 ratings
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Djoliba Crossing: Journeys Into West African Music and Culture
by:
Dave Kobrenski
4.45 avg rating β 11 ratings
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Tony Allen: An Autobiography of the Master Drummer of Afrobeat
by:
Tony Allen
4.13 avg rating β 52 ratings
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Drumming at the Edge of Magic
by:
Mickey Hart
4.21 avg rating β 403 ratings
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JΓΉjΓΊ: A Social History and Ethnography of an African Popular Music (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
by:
Christopher Alan Waterman
4.04 avg rating β 24 ratings
15.
Black Soundscapes White Stages: The Meaning of Francophone Sound in the Black Atlantic (The Callaloo African Diaspora Series)
by:
Edwin C. Hill
3.67 avg rating β 3 ratings
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Music Is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music
by:
Frank Tenaille
3.62 avg rating β 13 ratings
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The Beat Of My Drum: An Autobiography
by:
Michael Babatunde Olatunji
4.44 avg rating β 9 ratings
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Hip Hop Africa: New African Music in a Globalizing World
by:
Rainer Polak
4.11 avg rating β 9 ratings
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Music in Egypt: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (Global Music Series)
by:
Scott L. Marcus
3.88 avg rating β 41 ratings
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Music in West Africa: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (Global Music Series)
by:
Ruth M. Stone
3.21 avg rating β 19 ratings
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African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston
by:
Randy Weston
4.29 avg rating β 31 ratings
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MULATU ASTATKE: The Making of Ethio Jazz
by:
Abebe Zegeye
3.20 avg rating β 5 ratings
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Notes from Africa: A Musical Journey with Youssou N'Dour
by:
Jenny Cathcart
3.33 avg rating β 12 ratings
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Opika Pende: Africa at 78 RPM
by:
Opika Pende
4.50 avg rating β 2 ratings
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Outcast to Ambassador: The Musical Odyssey of Salif Keita
by:
Cheick M. Cherif Keita
4.60 avg rating β 5 ratings
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Mande Popular Music and Cultural Policies in West Africa: Griots and Government Policy since Independence
by:
Graeme Counsel
0.00 avg rating β 0 ratings