African art music and the challenge of postcolonial composition
Africa’s art music tradition is not as widely known as it might be. For many people, African music typically indexes ‘traditional’ music of ostensibly ancient origins or varieties of modern ‘popular’ music. And yet, since the middle of the 19th century, Black Africans have routinely composed and performed for non-participating audiences such items as art songs, choral anthems,
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