The African Diaspora: A Musical Perspective

The African Diaspora presents musical case studies from various regions of the African diaspora, including Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, and Europe, that engage with broader interdisciplinary discussions about race, gender, politics, nationalism, and music. Featured here are jazz, wassoulou music, and popular and traditional musics of the Caribbean and Africa, framed with attention to the reciprocal relationships of the local and the global.

Author: Ingrid Monson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 07/27/2000
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780815323822

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2000 pg. 145
Choice 02/01/2001 pg. 1091

About the Author

Ingrid Monson is Associate Professor of Music at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of Saying Something: Jazz Improvisation and Interaction and numerous articles that have appeared in scholarly journals. She lives in St. Louis, MO.