Full Description
The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 6 is one of five volumes within the 'Locations' strand of the series. This volume discusses the popular music of African and the Middle East in a historical, geographical, demographical, political, economic, and cultural context. It also examines the genres associated with the region, significant venues such as theatres, dance halls, clubs and bars, and notable performers and other practitioners such as producers, engineers, and technological innovators. The volume consists of over 100 entries written by more than 60 leading popular music scholars and practitioners, including John Collins on Ghana, Moya Aliya Malamusi on Malawi, and, Motti Regev on Israel.
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Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
List of Maps
Abbreviations
Part I: Africa
1. African Islands
Comoros - Werner Graebner
Madagascar - Janet Topp Fargion
Mauritius - Guillaume Samson (Trans. Sinclair Robinson)
Reunion - Guillaume Samson (Trans. Sinclair Robinson)
The Seychelles - Guillaume Samson and Alain Courbis (Trans. Sinclair Robinson)
2. Central Africa
Cameroon - Marianne Berna
Central African Republic - Michelle Kisliuk
Chad - Mary Pearce
Congo (Rep.) - Graeme Ewens
Dem. Rep. of Congo - Chris Stapleton
Equatorial Guinea - Chris Stapleton
Gabon Graeme Ewens
3. East Africa
Burundi - Rick Sanders
Kenya - Caleb Okumu Chrispo
Cities:
Mombasa - Caleb Okumu Chrispo
Nairobi - Caleb Okumu Chrispo
Rwanda - Rick Sanders
Tanzania - Werner Graebner
Regions:
Zanzibar - Werner Graebner
Uganda - Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza
Cities:
Kampala - Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza
4. Horn of Africa
Djibouti - Andreas Wetter
Eritrea - Rick Sanders
Ethiopia - Rick Sanders
Somalia - Martin Orwin
Cities:
Muqdisho (Mogadishu) - Martin Orwin
Sudan - Stephen Larrik
5. North Africa
Algeria - Dave Laing
Libya - Philip Ciantar and Abdalla M. Sebai
Morocco - Richard C. Jankowsky
Regions:
Western Sahara - Richard C. Jankowsky
Cities:
Casablanca - Richard C. Jankowsky
Tunisia - Ruth Davis and Richard C. Jankowsky
6. Southern Africa
Angola - Gerhard Kubik
Botswana - Angela Impey
Lesotho - David Coplan
Malawi - Moya Aliya Malamusi
Mozambique - Joa-o Soeiro de Carvalho
Namibia - Minette Mans
South Africa - Sazi Dlamini with Christopher Ballantine and Nishlyn Ramanna
Cities:
Durban - Veit Erlmann
Johannesburg - Rob Allingham
Soweto - Angela Impey
Swaziland - Jonathan Curren
Zambia - Rick Sanders
Zimbabwe - Chris Stapleton
7. West Africa
Benin - Nago Seck and Sylvie Clerfeuille
Burkina Faso - Oger Kabore (Trans. Sinclair Robinson)
Cape Verde - JoAnne Hoffman
Cote d Ivoire - Chris Stapleton
The Gambia - Graeme Ewens
Ghana - E. John Collins
Cities:
Accra - E. John Collins
Cape Coast - E. John Collins
Kumasi E. John Collins
Guinea - Gunter Gretz
Cities:
Conakry - Gunter Gretz
Guinea-Bissau - Guus de Klein
Liberia - E. John Collins
Mali - Banning Eyre
Mauritania - Chris Stapleton
Niger - Mahaman Garba (trans. Dave Laing)
Nigeria - Chris Stapleton
Regions:
Northern Nigeria - Chris Stapleton
Southeastern Nigeria - Meki Nzewi
Western Nigeria - Mosunmola Omibiyi-Obidike
Cities:
Benin City - Emeka Tony Nwabuoku
Ibadan - Mosunmola Omibiyi-Obidike
Lagos - Oluyemi Olaniyan
Onitsha - Meki Nzewi
Sao Tome and Principe - Dave Laing
Senegal - Patricia Tang
Cities:
Dakar - Patricia Tang
Sierra Leone - Christian D. J. Horton
Togo - Nago Seck and Sylvie Clerfeuille
Part II: Middle East
8. Middle East
Afghanistan - John Baily
Armenia - Andy Nercessian
Cities:
Yerevan - Andy Nercessian
Azerbaijan - Fattah Khalig-Zade and Razia Sultanova
Bahrain - Kay Hardy Campbell
Egypt - Karin van Nieuwkerk
Cities:
Cairo - Karin van Nieuwkerk
Iran - Seyed Abdolhossein Mokhtabad Amrei
Iraq - Dave Laing
Israel - Motti Regev
Cities:
Jerusalem - Motti Regev
Tel Aviv - Motti Regev
Jordan - Sami Asmar
Kuwait - Kay Hardy Campbell
Lebanon - Sami Asmar
Cities:
Beirut - Sami Asmar
Oman - Dieter Christensen
Palestine - Dave Laing
Qatar - Kay Hardy Campbell
Saudi Arabia - Kay Hardy Campbell
Syria - Jonathan H. Shannon
Cities:
Damascas - Jonathan H. Shannon
Halab (Aleppo) - Jonathan H. Shannon
