Jazz discourse and black South African modernity, with special reference to "Matshikese"

American Ethnologist

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 210-221

  Titlestad, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black South African modernity; Drum magazine; Improvisation; Jazz reportage; Todd Matshikiza

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744371578     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2005.32.2.210     Document Type: Article

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