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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
“Indépendance Cha Cha”: African Pop Music since the Independence Era
Contributor:
Dorsch, Hauke
imprint:
SAGE Publications, 2010
Published in:Africa Spectrum
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1177/000203971004500307
ISSN:
0002-0397;
1868-6869
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p> Investigating why Latin American music came to be the sound-track of the independence era, this contribution offers an overview of musical developments and cultural politics in certain sub-Saharan African countries since the 1960s. Focusing first on how the governments of newly independent African states used musical styles and musicians to support their nation-building projects, the article then looks at musicians’ more recent perspectives on the independence era. </jats:p>