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Bloomsbury Academic USA
21 February 2019
The EPMOW Genre volumes contain entries on the genres of music that have been or currently are popular in countries and communities all over the world. Included are discussions on cultural, historical and geographic origins; technical musical characteristics; instrumentation and use of voice; lyrics and language; typical features of performance and presentation; historical development and paths and modes of dissemination; influence of technology, the music industry and political and economic circumstances; changing stylistic features; notable and influential performers; and relationships to other genres and sub-genres.

This volume, on the music of Sub-Saharan Africa, features a wide range of entries and in-depth essays. All entries conclude with a bibliography, discographical references and discography, with additional information on sheet music listings and visual recordings. Written and edited by a team of distinguished popular music scholars and professionals, this is an exceptional resource on the history and development of popular music.

This and all other volumes of the Encyclopedia are now available through an online version of the Encyclopedia: https://www.bloomsburypopularmusic.com/encyclopedia-work?docid=BPM_reference_EPMOW. A general search function for the whole Encyclopedia is also available on this site. A subscription is required to access individual entries. Please see: https://www.bloomsburypopularmusic.com/for-librarians.

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Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 244mm,  Width: 169mm, 
Weight:   1.404kg
ISBN:   9781501342028
ISBN 10:   1501342029
Series:   Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World
Pages:   656
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Introduction Acknowledgements List of contributors Maps Genres: Sub-Saharan Africa Adaha – E. John Collins Afrobeat – Jesse Ruskin Afrobeats – Banning Eyre Afro-Cuban Music in Senegal – Richard Shain Afroma – John Lwanda Afropop – Banning Eyre Afro-Rock – E. John Collins Akan Recreational Music – E. John Collins Amakwaya – Markus Detterbeck Apala – Isaac Yekini-Ajenifuja Asíkó – Christian ‘Dowu Jayeola Horton and Banning Eyre Azmari Music – Shawn Mollenhauer Azonto – Eric Sunu Doe Ba Gasy – August Schmidhofer Baikoko – Werner Graebner Bajourou – Sam Dickey Band (Uganda) – Joel Isabirye Bango – Mellitus Wanyama Batuque – JoAnne Hoffmann Bend Skin – Joseph Fumtim Benga – Donald Otoyo Ondieki and Caleb Okumu Beni – Donald Otoyo Ondieki and Caleb Okumu, with Werner Graebner Bikutsi – Anja Brunner Boeremusiek – Williemien Froneman Bongo Flava – Uta Reuster-Jahn Borborbor – E. John Collins Brass Band Music in Benin – Sarah Politz Brass Band Music in Ethiopia – Shawn Mollenhauer Bubblegum – Lizabé Lambrechts Cabo-Zouk – JoAnne Hoffmann Chakacha – Donald Otoyo Ondieki and Caleb Okumu Chimurenga – Tony Perman Coladeira – JoAnne Hoffmann Concert Party – David A. Donkor Coupé Décalé – Ty-Juana Taylor Cultural Animation Groups (in Gabon) – Alice Aterianus-Owanga Cumbé – Isabela de Aranzadi Discolypso – E. John Collins Ethiopian Modern Music (Zemenawi Muzika) – Michele Banal Fújì – Debbie Klein Funaná – JoAnne Hoffmann Gahu – E. John Collins Ghoema Musical Complex – Sylvia Bruinders Ghommaliedje – Sylvia Bruinders Gule Wa Mkulu – John Lwanda Gumbe/Goombay – E. John Collins, with Christian ‘Dowu Jayeola Horton Gumbe/Goombay (in Sierra Leone) – Christian ‘Dowu Jayeola Horton Guux – Kenedid Hassan Hausa Popular Music (Northern Nigeria) – Abdalla Uba Adamu Hawl – Violeta Ruano Heavy Metal in Africa – Edward Banchs Heavy Metal in Botswana – Magnus Nilsson Heavy Metal in Kenya – Ekkehard Knopke Heavy Metal in Madagascar (Metaly Gasy) – Markus Verne Heavy Metal in South Africa – Catherine Hoad Hees – Christina Woolner Highlife – E. John Collins Highlife, Igbo – Austin Emielu Highlife, Yorùbá – Olupemi Oludare Hip-Hop in Sub-Saharan Africa – Catherine Appert Hip-Hop in Botswana – Abimbola Kai-Lewis Hip-Hop in Cameroon – Daniel Kuenzler Hip-Hop in Gabon – Alice Aterianus-Owanga Hip-Hop in Kenya – Mwenda Ntarangwi Hip-Hop in Mozambique – Karen Boswall Hip-Hop in Nigeria – Stephanie Shonekan Hip-hop in Nigeria (Hausa Rap) – Abdalla Uba Adamu Hip-Hop in Senegal – Catherine Appert Hip-Hop in South Africa – Lee Watkins Hip-Hop in the Democratic Republic of Congo – Chérie Rivers Ndaliko Hip-Hop in Uganda – Joel Isabirye with John Shepherd Hiplife – Halifu Osumare Hira Gasy – Didier Mauro House Music in Southern Africa – Lindelwa Dalamba, Abimbola Kai-Lewis, and Cara Stacey Imbyino – Jason McCoy and Tharcisse Biraguma Isicathamiya – Sazi Dlamini Isukuti – Mellitus Wanyama Jazz Band (Malawi) – John Lwanda Jeliya – Eric Charry Jembe Music – Rainer Polak Jit (Jiti) – Banning Eyre Jùjú – Jesse Ruskin Kadongo-Kamu – James Makubuya Kaka – Sarah Politz Kalindula – Rick Sanders Kazukuta – Garth Sheridan Kidandali – David Pier Kidumbak – Werner Graebner Kizomba – Rui Cidra Konkoma – E. John Collins Koriana le Moropa – David B. Coplan Kpanlogo – E. John Collins Kuduro – Michael B. Silvers Kwaito – Christopher Ballantine Kwasa Kwasa – David Horn and John Lwanda Kwasa Kwasa (in Botswana) – Pinkie Mojaki Kwasa Kwasa (in Malawi) – John Lwanda Kwela – Lara Allen Litungu Music – Mellitus Wanyama Ma/Gaisa – Shishani Vranckx Makossa – Anya Brunner and Joachim Oelsner Makwayela – Karen Boswall and João Soeiro de Carvahallo Malipenga – John Lwanda Maloya – Guillaume Samson Mamaya – Eric Charry Mande Music – Graeme Counsel Marabi – Christopher Ballantine Maringa – Isabela de Aranzadi Maringa (in Equatorial Guinea) – Isabela de Aranzadi Maringa (in Sierra Leone) – Christian ‘Dowu Jayeola Horton Marrabenta – Karen Boswall and João Soeiro de Carvahallo Maskanda – Kathryn Olsen Masse Gohoun – Sarah Politz Mbalax – Patricia Tang Mbaqanga – Lindelwa Dalamba Mbumba – John Lwanda Mchiriku – Werner Graebner Mdundiko – Werner Graebner Medeh – Violeta Ruano Merengue in Angola – Garth Sheridan Milo Jazz – Christian ‘Dowu Jayeola Horton Moppie – Sylvia Bruinders Morna – JoAnne Hoffmann Mutia – Guillaume Samson Muziki Wa Dansi – Werner Graebner Muziki Wa Injili – Imani Sanga Mwomboko – Mellitus Wanyama Naija Pop – Banning Eyre Ndebele Pop – Banning Eyre Ndombolo – Banning Eyre Nederlandslied – Sylvia Bruinders Ngoma – Werner Graebner Ngoma/Ingoma (in Malawi) – John Lwanda Nidal – Violeta Ruano Odonson – E. John Collins Omutibo – Mellitus Wanyama Oromo Popular Music – Shawn Mollenhauer Oviritje – Shishani Vranckx Palmwine Music – E. John Collins Pandza – Karen Boswall Rebita – Rui Cidra Reggae in Sub-Saharan Africa – Jérémie Kroubo Dagnini Reggae in Côte d'Ivoire – Daniel Reed Reggae in Ghana – E. John Collins Reggae in Malawi – John Lwanda Reggae in South Africa – David Durbach Rumba – Banning Eyre, John Nimis, Johnny Frias and Mellitus Wanyama Sákárà – Stephen Olusoji Salegy – Banning Eyre Séga – Guillaume SamsonSemba Rui Cidra Shambo – Shishani Vranckx Simpa – E. John Collins Sokwe – Guillaume Samson Soukouss – Bob White Sungura – Tony Perman Taarab – Werner Graebner Tabanka – JoAnne Hoffmann Takamba – Banning Eyre Takiboronsé – Christophe Hien with John Shepherd Tchinkoume – Sarah Politz Tigrinya Music – Michele Banal Tsaba Tsaba – Sazi Dlamani Tsapiky – Banning Eyre Tuareg Guitar Music – Eric J. Schmidt Tufo – Karen Boswall Umbholoho – Cara Stacey Uukorasa – Minette Mans Wákà – Stephen Olusoji Wassoulou – Heather Maxwell Yéla – Hauke Dorsch and Ibrahima Wane Yenyengo – Hauke Dorsch Zamrock – Henning Gorenson Sandberg Zenji Flava – Irene Brunotti Zenli – Sarah Politz Zikiri – Emmanuelle Olivier Zilizopendwa – Daniel Otoyo Ondieki and Caleb Okumu Zoblazo – Ty-Juana Taylor Zouglou – Ty-Juana Taylor Index

Heidi Feldman is a Visiting Scholar and American Association of University Women American Fellow at the University of California, San Diego’s Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, USA. David Horn was a founding editor of the journal Popular Music and a founding member of IASPM (International Association for the Study of Popular Music). He was Director of the Institute of Popular Music at the University of Liverpool, UK, from 1988 until his retirement in 2002. He first proposed the idea of EPMOW with blues scholar Paul Oliver in the 1980s, and has worked on the project since then. John Shepherd is Chancellor’s Processor of Music and Sociology at Carleton University, Canada. He was from 2012 to 2017 Carleton Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic). He has been a member of EPMOW’s editorial board since 1990. In 2000, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his role “as a leading architect of a post-War critical musicology.” Gabrielle Kielich is a PhD Candidate in the department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Reviews for Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 12: Genres: Sub-Saharan Africa

This is a work of superlatives: breathtaking in its scope, unrivaled in its depth and truly representative of the boundless musical richness of the African continent south of the Sahara. There is no compendium like this Volume XII of the Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. * Veit Erlmann, Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Texas at Austin, USA *


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