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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Duke University Press,
2015.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.