Music

Brothers Gonna Work It Out considers the political expression of rap artists within the historical tradition of black nationalism. Interweaving son...

With a cast of characters ranging from Malcolm X to 50 Cent, Knight’s compelling work is the first detailed account of the movement inextricably li...

In this, her groundbreaking book, Patricia Hill Collins examines the new forms of racism in American life and the political responses to them. Usin...

One of the most popular musicians of the 20th century, Bob Marley lives on as an icon of reggae music. This biography provides an introduction to t...

Bob Marley was the first, and possibly the only, superstar to emerge from the Third World. Although he lived a short life, only 36 years, Bob penne...

"The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music -- through the music t...

This unique collection of essays examines the flow of African American music and musicians across the Atlantic to Europe from the time of slavery t...

In this book, South African performer and activist Robert Mshengu Kavanagh reveals the complex and conflicting interplay of class, nation and race ...

In this powerful sequence of TV images and essay, Claudia Rankine explores the personal and political unrest of our volatile new century I forget t...

African Americans' historical roots are encapsulated in the lyrics, melodies, and rhythms of their music. In the 18th and 19th centuries, African s...

Quincy Troupe's candid account of his friendship with Miles Davis is a revealing portrait of a great musician and an intimate study of a unique rel...

The ring shout is the oldest known African American performance tradition surviving on the North American continent. Performed for the purpose of r...

A landmark study, based on thousands of music-related references mined by the authors from a variety of contemporaneous sources, especially African...

Performing Blackness offers a challenging interpretation of black cultural expression since the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. Exploring drama, ...

Yoshinobu Hakutani traces the development of African American modernism, which initially gathered momentum with Richard Wright's literary manifesto...

Glenn Hinson focuses on a single gospel program and offers a major contribution to our understanding not just of gospel but of the nature of religi...