Most people have never heard of Gnawa. Originally you weren't supposed to. For centuries, the music was only played in secret ceremonies by enslaved Black Africans brought to Morocco. Gnawa—an ...
Introduction -- Early popular culture: sources and silences -- Mines, migrant labour and township culture -- The city and the road -- The crowd, the state -- and songs -- The media: globalisation and ...
Perhaps the greatest tragedy of Africa’s creative economy is not that the continent lacks talent, investment, or ambition.It is that Africa has become exceptionally good at producing value while ...