Black American Music and the Civilized-Uncivilized Matrix in South Africa

1996; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 24; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0047160700502327

ISSN

2325-8721

Autores

Johann S. Buis,

Tópico(s)

Diverse Musicological Studies

Resumo

In a recent article by Veit Erlmann in the South African journal of musicology (SAMUS vol. 14, 1995) entitled “Africa Civilized, Africa Uncivilized,” Erlmann draws upon the reception history of the South African Zulu Choir’s visit to London in 1892 and the Ladysmith Black Mambazo presence in Paul Simon’s Graceland project to highlight the epithet “Africa civilized, Africa uncivilized.” Though the term was used by the turn of the century British press to publicize the event, the slogan carries far greater impact upon the locus of the identity of urban black people in South Africa for more than a century.

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