Spirit of Resistance in Music and Spoken Word of South Africa s - Eastern Cap

This book explores Eastern Cape performance artists, activists, and organizations that used inventive and historical means to protest and resist oppressive authorities and systems while exhibiting their unique culture. Michie analyzes music and oral poetry to study the region's role in the history of South African protest politics and creativity.

List of contents

Chapter 1: "We Create Our Own Language"
Chapter 2: "Unite Like a Ball of Scrapings": Early History to the 1850s
Chapter 3: "Turn Phalo's Land on Its Head": Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Chapter 4: "You Sent Us the Light, We Sit in the Dark": 1920s - 1940s
Chapter 5: "A Spirit That Could Not Be Broken": 1950s-1960s
Chapter 6: "A Land in Calamity's Shadow": 1970s-1980s
Chapter 7: "Our Bull Has Escaped from the Pound": 1990s - the Present
Bibliography

About the author

Lindsay Michie is associate professor of history and co-chair of the Africana Studies Department at the University of Lynchburg.

Summary

This book explores Eastern Cape performance artists, activists, and organizations that used inventive and historical means to protest and resist oppressive authorities and systems while exhibiting their unique culture. Michie analyzes music and oral poetry to study the region'...

Product details

• Authors: Michie Lindsay Michie, Lindsay Michie, Michie Lindsay
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781498576222
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7622-2
• No. of pages: 298
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; MUSIC / Philosophy & Social Aspects, HISTORY / Africa / South / General, Southern Africa, Theory of music & musicology, African History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies