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Onwuegbuna, Ikenna Emmanuel:
Trends in African Popular Music.
Socio-Cultural Interactions and the Reggae Genre in Nigeria.
Bloomington, Ind.: Xlibris, 2015. 132 p.
ISBN 978-1-5035-8791-5 / 978-1-5035-8790-8 (eBook)

CONTENTS

Title Page i
Dedication vii
Foreword Ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv

1. Prelude 1
Our Aspiration 1
Problematizing the Issues 2
Justifying the Rationale 3
The Implication 4

2. Socio-Cultural Interactions 6
Socio-musical Events 7
Functional Popular Music 13
Nigerian Reggae Music 15

3. Defining Popular Music 17
Definitions According to Specifics 18
Stylistic Definition 18
Sociological Definition 19
Process-based Definition 20
Theory-based Definition 22
African Popular Music 24
Ethnic Pop 26
Interethnic Pop 28
International Pop 29

4. The Reggae Genre 31
History and Etymology of Reggae 31
Growth and Spread of the Genre 37
Development of Various Sub-Genres 41
Modern Trends in Reggae Music 44
Nature and Features of Reggae 46

5. The Nigerian Reggae Scene 50
The Period between 1960 and 1980 51
The Period between 1980 and 2000 54
Nigerian Reggae in the Present Millennium 56
A Brief on Sonny Okosuns – the Pioneer Exponent 59

6. Reflections 64
Approaches to Pop Music Analysis 66
Musical Approach 66
Socio-Cultural Approach 104
Ideological Approach 108
Historical Approach 112
Problems of Popular Music Studies 113
Suggested Solutions to the Problems 117
Recommendations and Prospects 119
Summary and Conclusion 121

Fig. 1: A basic reggae rhythm – emphasizing
           the ‘one drop’ pattern 46
Fig. 2: A representative score of
           Sonny Okosuns’ Help 71
Fig. 3: A representative score of Majek Fashek’s
           Send Down The Rain 86
Fig. 4: A representative score of Evi-Edna Ogholi’s
           One Kilometre 102

Discography 123
Filmography 125
References 127

Mortaigne, Veronique:
Cesaria Evora. La voix du Cap-Vert.
Arles: Actes Sud, 1997. 203 p.
ISBN 2-7427-1152-X

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Cesaria Evora. La voix du Cap-Vert.
Arles: Actes Sud, 1997. 203 p.
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Johnson, John William:
‘Heelloy’. Modern Poetry and Songs of the Somalis.
London: HAAN Publishing, 1998. xxiii & 241 p.
ISBN 978-1-874-20981-2

CONTENTS

Foreword to the first edition by B. W. Andrzejewski ix
Foreword to the 1996 edition by Abdilahi Qarshi xi
Preface to the first edition xv
Preface to the 1996 edition xxiii

1. Introduction
The social context 1
The Nature of Traditional Pastoralist Poetry 12
The Historical Development of Modern Oral Poetry 17

2. The Family of Miniature Genres
The Nature of the Family of Miniature Genres 27
The Poetry of the Miniature Family 32

3. The emergence of the Belwo
The Historical Background 49
The Belwo is Born 53
The Poetry of the Belwo 59

4. The Heello: Period One
The Metamorphosis: Belwo to Heello A 75
The Modem Poem: Heello A to Heello B 82

5. The Heello: Period Two
The Historical Background 95
The Poetry of the Second Period 103

6. The Heello: Period Three
The Historical Background 117
The Poetry of the Third Period 146

7. Characteristics of the Heello: All Periods
Themes Common to All Periods 175
Structural Characteristics and
Development Common to All Periods 190
The Impact of Media on Modern Poetry 208

8. Conclusion
The Inheritance of the Heello 215
Forces Behind the Success and Development of Modern Poetry 216

Collins, [Edmund] John:
Fela. Kalakuta Notes. 2nd edition
Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2015. xii & 326 p.
ISBN 978-0-8195-7539-5 (paper) 978-0-8195-7540-1 (ebook)

CONTENTS

Foreword by Banning Eyre ix
Introduction 1

Part 1 Early Days
1 The Birth of Afrobeat 27
2 Joe Mensah Remembers 41
3 Fela in Ghana 49
4 Stan Plange Remembers 29

Part 2 Confrontation
5 Kalakuta is Born 67
6 “JB” Talks about Fela 73
7 The Kalakuta Republic 81
8 The Black President 114
9 Amsterdam and After 125

Part 3 Retrospect
10 Mac Tontoh on Fela 139
11 Frank Talk about Fela 152
12 Obiba Plays It Again 165
13 Smart Binete Sorts It Out 174
14 Anku Checks Out the Beat 178
15 Nana Danso Orchestrates 183
16 Some Early Afro-Fusion Pioneers 197
17 Interview with Fela 204
18 Afterthoughts and Updates 209
19. Felabrations at Home and Abroad 238

Chronology 259
Notes 269
Selected Bibliography 281
Discography 285
Appendix A: “Shuffering and Shmiling” Score 303
Index 309

Erlmann, Veit (ed.):
Populäre Musik in Afrika.
Veröffentlichungen des Museum für Völkerkunde.
Neue Folge 53. Abteilung Musikethnologie VIII.
Berlin: Museum für Völkerkunde, 1991. 312 pp. & 2 CDs.
ISBN 3-88609-213-5

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Sweeney, Philip:
Directory of World Music. A Guide to Performers and their Music.
With Contributions from Peter Gabriel, Andy Kershaw, Giberto Gil [&] Manu Dibango.
London: Virgin Books, 1991. 262 p.
Section Africa 1-81
ISBN 0-86369-378-4

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AFRICA

The North and West
Introduction: Peter Gabriel 1
Libya 3
Tunisia 5
Algeria 6
Morocco 13
Mauritania 16
Senegal 17
Mali 20
Guinea 26
Guinea-Bissau 29
Cape Verde 29
Sierra Leone 31
Côte d’Ivoire 32
Ghana 34
Togo and Benin 36
Nigeria 37

Central Africa, The South and East
Introduction: Manu Dibango 42
Cameroon 44
Zaire 49
Congo 56
Gabon 56
Angola 57
Zambia 58
Mozambique 59
Zimbabwe 60
South Africa 65
Madagascar 70
Mauritius and Reunion 71
Tanzania and Zanzibar 72
Kenya 74
Uganda 76
Burundi 76
Ethiopia 77
Sudan 79

Lee, Hélène:
Rockers d’Afrique. Stars et légendes du rock mandinque.
Paris: Albin Michel, 1988. 223 pp.
ISBN 2-226-03 139-1

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