African Diaspora

<p><em>The African Diaspora</em> presents musical case studies from various regions of the African diaspora, including Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe, that engage with broader interdisciplinary discussions about race, gender, politics, nationalism, and music.</p> Series Editor’s Foreword 1. Introduction PART I TRAVELING MUSIC AND MUSICIANS 2. Jazz Performance as Ritual: The Blues Aesthetic and the African Diaspora 3. Communities of Style: Musical Figures of Black Diasporic Identity 4. Jazz on the Global Stage PART II BEYOND TRADITION OR MODERNITY 5. Women, Music, and the “Mystique” of Hunters in Mali 6. Mamaya: Renewal and Tradition in Maninnka Music of Kankan, Guinea (1935–45) 7. Concepts of Neo-African Music as Manifested in the Yoruba Folk Opera 8. They Just Need Money: Goods and Gods, Power and Truth in a West African Village PART III CONTRADICTORY MOMENTS 9. Militarism in Haitian Music 10. Musical Revivals and Social Movements in Contemporary Martinique: Ideology, Identity, Ambivalence 11. Art Blakey’s African Diaspora