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Roots of the Blues: an African Search (Da Capo Paperback) (Paperback)

by Samuel Charters (Author) "I have some difficulty in describing why I travelled to West Africa and what I was doing there, since the journey that became so complicated..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 168 pages
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc; New edition edition (1 Aug 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 030680445X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0306804458
  • Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm
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"I went to Africa to find the roots of the blues. " So Samuel Charters begins the extraordinary story of his research. But what began as a study of how the blues was handed down from African slaves to musicians of today via the slave ships, became something much more complex. For in Africa Samuel Charters discovered a music which was not just a part of the past but a very vital living part of African culture. The Roots of the Blues not only reveals Charters's remarkable talent in discussing African folk music and its relationship with American blues; it demonstrates his power as a descriptive and narrative writer. Using extensive quotations of song lyrics and some remarkable photographs of the musicians, Charters has created a unique contribution to our understanding of both African and American cultures and their music.
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