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! Read ^ Breakout: Profiles in African Rhythm by Gary Stewart ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Breakout: Profiles in African Rhythm Rogie, who lurches from the pinnacle of stardom in West Africa to delivering pizzas in California, to Olatunji, who finds new life with the Grateful Dead, these are the stories of Africans straddling traditional life and an encroaching modernity—and also the stories of third world musicians surmounting political and economic chaos at home and carrying their music to a world dominated by Western cultural and economic power.. The first book on African pop music to look closely at the lives o
| Title | : | Breakout: Profiles in African Rhythm |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.13 (936 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226774066 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
Rogie, who lurches from the pinnacle of stardom in West Africa to delivering pizzas in California, to Olatunji, who finds new life with the Grateful Dead, these are the stories of Africans straddling traditional life and an encroaching modernity—and also the stories of third world musicians surmounting political and economic chaos at home and carrying their music to a world dominated by Western cultural and economic power.. The first book on African pop music to look closely at the lives of the musicians themselves, Breakout deals with four African musical genres: soukous, highlife, afro-beat, and palm wine.Amid Africa's deepening economic and political crises of the last two decades, African musicians who developed these genres faced the need to cross cultural boundaries, or "break out," and achieve a hit in the international marketplace. Challenging conventional assumptions, Gary Stewart demonstrates for the first time the true dimensions of this st
Book on African pop music stars fails to shine Bob Newman Ever since the early 1960s, when I had a Ghanaian roommate and attended some enormous Nigerian student parties in which the old wooden buildings fairly shook to the beat of highlife records, I have loved African pop music. Whether West African highlife, the Congolese music later known as soukous, Nigerian juju music with "King" Sunny Ade and Ebenezer Obey, the township jive and mbaqanga of South Africa, or the exciting rhythms and griot style singing of Senegal and Mali, I've been listening all these years. Listening. Not reading. Come to think of it, I really did not know much about the people who made all this music. I picked up BR. Gary Stewart ROCKS! This book is a bit dated, many of the "breakout" stories are of people who have passed or don't even perform anymore. That said, Stewart is a good writer, very well informed on the subject matter, and extremely dedicated to the music and musicians. At the time it was written, there was a surge in popularity of world music, especially African styles. What strikes me while reading this book is that as hard as times were for musicians to "break out" back then, they were the glory days compared to our current reality. For fans of Congolese music and African music in general, I highly recommend "Rumba on the River" almost Shakespearian in
. From Library Journal Have you ever heard of S.E. Lib., Mississippi StateCopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. Stewart's flowing narrative style helps blend historical facts with personal experiences to show how and why African music has carved its niche in a world dominated by Western culture.- LaDonne Roberts, Mississippi State Univ. Rogie, Big Fayia, Remmy Ongala, or Nana Ampadu? If so, then you are probably more familiar with African musicians and their craft than the average layperson. Through extensive research and in-depth interviews with these and ten other popular musicians, Stewa
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