History of African Popular Culture

A journey through the history of African popular culture from the seventeenth century to the present day.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Early popular culture: sources and silences; 3. Mines, migrant labour and township culture; 4. The city and the road; 5. The crowd, the state ... and songs; 6. The media: globalisation and deregulation from the 1990s till today; 7. Conceptualising change in African popular culture; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Karin Barber is a Fellow of the British Academy and Professor Emerita of African Cultural Anthropology at the University of Birmingham. She was appointed CBE in 2012 for services to African studies. She is the author of a number of books and articles on African popular culture, including The Generation of Plays: Yoruba Popular Life in Theatre (2000) and Yoruba Print Culture and the First Yoruba Novel (2012).

Summary

In this book, Karin Barber offers a journey through the history of music, theatre, fiction, songs, dance, poetry, jokes and film from the seventeenth century to the present day. It provides an ideal text for students and researchers seeking to learn more about the diversity of popular cultural forms in African history.

Product details

• Authors: Karin Barber, Karin (University of Birmingham) Barber, Barber Karin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781107016897
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01689-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: New Approaches to African History; New Approaches to African Hist; New Approaches to African History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Popular Culture, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, African History