Eyre Lion Songs

Thomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7542-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten

In Lion Songs Banning Eyre tells the story of Zimbabwean singer, composer and bandleader Thomas Mapfumo who, like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, represents his country's anti-colonial struggle and cultural identity. Eyre narrates Mapfumo's life in the context of Zimbabwe's pre- and post-revolutionary history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eyre, Banning

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Weltmusik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preamble: Chimurenga Nights 1

I. Rhodesia

1. England Is the Chameleon, and I the Fly 13

2. Singing Shona 28

3. When the Spirit Comes 50

4. Songs for the Book of History 67

5. Bishop and Pawn 89

6. Agony of Victory 110

II. Zimbabwe

7. Snakes in the Forest 125

8. Corruption 144

9. Big Daddy and the Zimbabwe Playboys 161

10. Sporting Lions 179

11. Too Many Ghosts 200

12. Breaking the Cycle 211

III. America

13. Striking at Empires 231

14. Dancing with Devils 248

15. The Land of the Horses 264

16. Lions in Winter 281

Acknowledgments 295

Notes 297

Selected Discography 337

Bibliography 341

Index of Songs and Albums 345

General Index 349

Über Autor(innen)

Banning Eyre is a freelance writer and guitarist and the senior editor and producer of the public radio program Afropop Worldwide. He is the author of In Griot Time: An American Guitarist in Mali, Playing With Fire: Fear and Self-Censorship in Zimbabwean Music, and Guitar Atlas: Africa, and the coauthor of AFROPOP! An Illustrated Guide to Contemporary African Music. Eyre is a contributor to National Public Radio's All Things Considered, and his writing has been published in Billboard, Guitar Player, Salon.com, the Boston Phoenix, CMJ, Option, Folk Roots, Global Rhythm, and other publications. He has also performed and recorded with Thomas Mapfumo.