Juju: A Social History and Ethnography of an African Popular Music / Edition 2

by Christopher Alan Waterman

Overview

Now known internationally through the recordings of King Sunny Ade and others, juju music originated more than fifty years ago among the Yoruba of Nigeria. This history and ethnography of juju is the first detailed account of the evolution and social significance of a West African popular music. Enhanced with maps, color photographs of musicians and dance parties, musical transcriptions, interviews with musicians, and a glossary of Yoruba terms, Juju is an invaluable contribution to scholarship and a boon to fans who want to discover the roots of this vibrant music.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226874654
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	06/15/1990
Series:	Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology
Edition description:	1
Pages:	285
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Technical Notes
1. Introduction
2. Sákárà, Asíkò, Highlife, and Palmwine: Lagosian Popular Music between the World Wars
3. Early Jùjú Music (1932-1948)
4. The Development of Modern Jùjú (1948-1982)
5. The Social Organization and Contexts of Jùjú Performance in Ibadan
6. The Aesthetics and Social Dynamics of Jùjú Performance at the Yoruba àríyá
7. Jùjú Music and Inequality in Modern Yoruba Society
Appendix: Roster of Ibadan-Based Jùjú and Fuji Bands
Notes
Glossary of Yoruba Terms
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

"What's most impressive about Juju is how much Waterman makes of his purism. By concentrating on one long- lived, well-defined genre, he helps the Western reader experience 'rock' the way any proud Yoruba would—as a tributary of African music rather than vice versa."

The Village Voice - Robert Christgau

Waterman (music, U. of Washington) combines history, ethnography, and musicology in this study of the relationship of music (juju is a marvelously colorful and expressive Yoruban popular music), identity, and power in a modernizing African society (Nigeria). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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