Freshman Seminar 33q: Global Pop Music

8. Africa

NOTE: These lists are intended to be representative only and to pique curiosity. These basic sources can help you narrow down a topic and find useful keyword search terms to try in Hollis and databases (Sections 2 and 3).

Selected online:

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online: Africa (Volume 1)

African Music Encyclopedia

African Music Home Page

Afropop Worldwide

West African Music (Eric Charry)


Selected print:

Africa and the Blues
by Gerhard Kubik
Location: Loeb Music Seeger Room ML3521 .K83 1999 

The African Diaspora: A Musical Perspective
edited by Ingrid Monson
Location 1: Loeb Music Seeger Room ML3760.1 .A37 2000
Location 2: Tozzer AFR. Af 799
Location 3: Widener WID-LC ML3760.1 .A37 2000

The Garland Handbook of African Music
edited by Ruth Stone
Location 1: Loeb Music Archive of World Music CD 10100; Seeger Room ML350 .G54 1999 (text)

Race Music : Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-hop [diaspora]
by Guthrie Ramsey
Location 1: Lamont Morse Music & Media ML3556 .R32 2003  
Location 2: Loeb Music ML3556 .R32 2003  
Location 3: Widener WID-LC ML3556 .R32 2003 

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