Africa Speaks, America Answers by Robin D G Kelley
This collective biography of four jazz musicians from Brooklyn, Ghana, and South Africa demonstrates how modern Africa reshaped jazz, how modern jazz helped form a new African identity, and how musical convergences and crossings altered the politics and culture of both continents.
A fascinating and pathbreaking contribution to African diasporic and music studiesAfrica Speaks, America Answers is a marvelous book. -- Manthia Diawara, author of In Search of Africa
Kelley vividly captures this all-star quartet riffing on new alternatives within jazz. Filled with stories and songs that need to be heard, Africa Speaks, America Answers is an essential addition to any jazz library. -- Jason Moran, jazz pianist, composer, and 2010 MacArthur Fellow
Africa Speaks, America Answers is an exquisitely rendered account of the lives of African and African American musicians, their music, and their worlds. Kelley transforms our understanding of jazz, the history of Africa and its diaspora, and the global circulation of culture. -- Penny M. Von Eschen, author of Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
Continually surprising. -- Peter Monaghan * Chronicle of Higher Education *
An illuminating document. -- Daniel Spicer * The Wire *
Kelley vividly captures this all-star quartet riffing on new alternatives within jazz. Filled with stories and songs that need to be heard, Africa Speaks, America Answers is an essential addition to any jazz library. -- Jason Moran, jazz pianist, composer, and 2010 MacArthur Fellow
Africa Speaks, America Answers is an exquisitely rendered account of the lives of African and African American musicians, their music, and their worlds. Kelley transforms our understanding of jazz, the history of Africa and its diaspora, and the global circulation of culture. -- Penny M. Von Eschen, author of Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
Continually surprising. -- Peter Monaghan * Chronicle of Higher Education *
An illuminating document. -- Daniel Spicer * The Wire *
Robin D. G. Kelley is Gary B. Nash Chair of U.S. History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674046245 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674046242 |
| Title | Africa Speaks, America Answers |
| Author | Robin D G Kelley |
| Series | The Nathan I Huggins Lectures |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 2012-02-27 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Nominated for Wesley-Logan Prize 2012, Nominated for African Studies Association (ASA) Best Book Prize (formerly known as the Melville J. Herskovits Prize) 2013, Nominated for James A. Rawley Prize 2013, Nominated for Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 2013, Nominated for Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award 2014, Nominated for Irving Lowens Book Award 2013, Nominated for Music in American Culture Award 2013, Nominated for Martin A. Klein Prize in African History 2012, Nominated for Lawrence W. Levine Award 2013, Nominated for Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize 2013 |
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