Activism Through Music During the Apartheid Era and Beyond - When Voices Meet

Activism through Music during the Apartheid Era and Beyond documents the grassroots activism of Sharon Katz & the Peace Train against the backdrop of enormous diversity and the volatile social and political climate in South Africa during the early 1990s. Among the intersections of race, healing and the "soft power" of music, Katz offers a vision of the possibilities of national identity and belonging as South Africans grappled with the transition from apartheid to democracy. Through extensive fieldwork across two countries (South Africa and the United States) and drawing on personal experiences as a South African of color, Ambigay Yudkoff reveals a compelling narrative of multigenerational collaboration. This experience creates a sense of community fostering relationships that develop through music, travel, performances, and socialization. In South Africa and the United States, and recently in Cuba and Mexico, the Peace Train's journey in musical activism provides a vehicle for racial integration and intercultural understanding.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Get on the Peace Train
Chapter 2: Creating a Platform for Musical Activism
Chapter 3: Glimpses of Musical Activism on a Transcontinental Journey
Chapter 4: Tracking and Triangulation through Film
Chapter 5: Replicating the Peace Train Model in the United States
Chapter 6: The Peace Train Rolls On

About the author

Ambigay Yudkoff is an independent scholar.

Product details

• Authors: Ambigay Yudkoff
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.06.2021
• EAN: 9781793630544
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-054-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: The Lexington Series in Historical Ethnomusicology: Deep Soundings
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Music, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, MUSIC / Ethnomusicology, MUSIC / Ethnic, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology, Theory of music & musicology, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies