The African Diaspora A Musical Perspective [Hardcover]

The African Diasporapresents musical case studies from various regions of the African diaspora, including Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, and Europe, that engage with broader interdisciplinary discussions about race, gender, politics, nationalism, and music. Featured here are jazz, wassoulou music, and popular and traditional musics of the Caribbean and Africa, framed with attention to the reciprocal relationships of the local and the global.Ingrid Monsonis Associate Professor of Music at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of Saying Something: Jazz Improvisation and Interactionand numerous articles that have appeared in scholarly journals. She lives in St. Louis, MO.