![]() ![]() Featured image is reproduced from Opika Pende: Africa at 78 RPM.įORTHCOMING AND NEW: MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTSĭANCEHALL SOUL JAZZ BOOKS ISBN: 9781916359833 In 2013, this set was nominated for Best Historical Album by the Grammy Awards. Pan-African in scope and wildly diverse, Opika Pende is a testament to the deep riches found in early recorded music across the continent. Across these 100 tracks, traditional music stands side by side with popular music as traditional culture coexists with so-called modernity. Opika Pende: Africa at 78 rpm is a four-disc collection featuring 100 tracks taken from rare 78 rpm recordings of African music-from 1909 to the mid-1960s-none of which have ever been issued on CD until now. Popular songs, topical songs, work songs, comic songs, songs of worship, ritual, dance and praise-the sheer range of musical styles resists any easy categorization, just as African geography itself resists boundaries. ![]() The tremendous variety of music that was pressed to shellac discs on the continent of Africa is truly astonishing. ![]()
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