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Lion Songs : Thomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe /

In Lion Songs Banning Eyre tells the story of Zimbabwean singer, composer and bandleader Thomas Mapfumo who, like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, represents his country's anti-colonial struggle and cultural identity. Eyre narrates Mapfumo's life in the context of Zimbabwe's pre- and post-re...

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Autor principal: Eyre, Banning (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Duke University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Chimurenga nights
  • Rhodesia
  • England is the chameleon, and I the fly
  • Singing Shona
  • When the spirit comes
  • Songs for the book of history
  • Bishop and pawn
  • Agony of victory
  • Zimbabwe
  • Snakes in the forest
  • Corruption
  • Big daddy and the Zimbabwe playboys
  • Sporting lions
  • Too many ghosts
  • Breaking the cycle
  • America
  • Striking at empires
  • Dancing with devils
  • The land of the horses
  • Lions in winter.