Representing African Music. Postcolonial Notes, Queries, Positions, Paperback/Kofi (Princeton University, USA) Agawu

Offers a critique of discourse about African music. This work offers a look at the history of African music scholarship. It offers an alternative "Afro-centric" means of understanding African music, and in doing so, describes a different mode of creativity beyond the usual provenance of Western criticism. Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Author(s): Kofi (Princeton University, USA) Agawu Illustration(s): 15 Illustrations, color Number of pages: 288 Publication date: 2003 Dimensions: 229 x 153 x 16 Cover type: Paperback / softback