Detailed, annotated, illustrated discography. Second edition on offer at specially discounted price for limited period. A4 format, b/w ill, 240pp, DENMARK. THE BOOKTRADER, 8798453955

2000 Paperback

A photographic historical record of leading musicians: Kippie Moeketsi, Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim), Dudu Pukwana et al. Foreword by Abdullah Ibrahim, introduction by Chris Ballantine, b/w photos (60), captions and biographies. 280 x 220mm, 82pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

A portrait of one of Africa's greatest singers describing her rise from the Langa township to continental superstar. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. 91pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SPEARHEAD.

Cape Towns early jazz scene seen through the eyes of a contemporary photographer. Special price for limited period. B/w ill, bib, 123pp, DENMARK. THE BOOKTRADER, 8798453963

2001 Paperback

Profiles of South African women artists who survived under apartheid. Includes Miriam Makeba, Dolly Rathebe, Mary Rabotapi, Felicia Marion, Susan Gabashane, Rebecca Malope, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, the Mahotella Queens and Dorothy Masuka. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Sources, 124pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS.

First book to chart the musical world of a notorious period in world history, apartheid South Africa. It explores how music was produced through, and was productive of, key features of apartheid's social and political topography.The collection of essays is intentionally broad, and the contributors include historians, sociologists and anthropologists, as well as ethnomusicologists, music theorists and historical musicologists.The essays focus on a variety of musics (jazz, music in the Western art tradition, popular music) and on major composers (such as Kevin Volans) and works (Handel's Messiah). Musical institutions and previously little-researched performers (such as the African National Congress' troupe-in-exile Amandla) are explored. Index, b/w illus, 311pp, SOUTH AFRICA. WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Explores the traditional music of black South Africans, with a focus on musical activities in relation to ceremonies and rituals. It incorporates neo-traditional styles of music that are widespread in South Africa, that characterize South African music and are internationally recognized. Detailed descriptions of musical instruments form a large part of each chapter. Includes a 54-track CD. Index, bib, apps, well-illustrated, 286pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

A study of the sung oral poetry of Lesotho miners, as a culturally reflexive and consciously artistic account of the migrant's life. Apps, bib, index, 300pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CHICAGO UNIVERSITY PRESS. 0226115747

This pioneering social history of black South Africa's urban music, dance, and theatre estab-lished itself as a classic soon after its publication in 1985. As the first substantial history of black performing arts in South Africa, it was championed by a broad range of scholars and treasured by fans of South African music. Now completely revised, expanded, and updated, this new edition takes account of developments over the last thirty years while reflecting on the massive changes in South African politics and society since the end of the apartheid era. Index, gloss, apps, b/w & col photos, 455pp, USA . CHICAGO U P.

Spanning some 55 years of music-making, this collection of photographs documents the musicians and singers who have created the rich heritage of South African jazz. Essays by musicologists and journalists complement the striking black and white photographs, and the book includes short biographies of the musicians. 168pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

A lavishly illustrated coffee table book. Chronicles Makeba's life from her early days growing up on the Rand and performing with the Manhattan Brothers to her departure from South Africa. It details her life in America and friendship with Harry Belafonte, her performance for President John F Kennedy alongside Marilyn Monroe, her marriage to Stokely Carmichael and her time in Conakry, Guinea, before moving to Europe, her homecoming and her ultimate decision to remain in South Africa. Black and white and colour photographs of Miriam touring and performing, of her fashions and political colleagues, bring this book to life. An index, glossary, discography and complete list of original compositions round off a comprehensive work. 259pp, SOUTH AFRICA. STE PUBLISHERS.

Maps the representation of jazz and the occasions of its performance in South African literature and reportage, from King Kong reportage to the agonised poetics of exile, Soweto poets of the 1970s to the Staffrider generation of the 1980s. Argues that South African jazz has been formed from complex transactions with other black Atlantic cultures, identities and politics, and local contingencies have been managed through elaborating a relational history that has cut across the hierarchies of colonial and apartheid ideology. Index, bib, notes, 275pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS.

Humorous short stories based on the experiences of an organist in the Cape. 170pp, SOUTH AFRICA . THE CAPE PRESS.

An account of three decades of music making in South Africa. From early innovations to the sounds of Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens. The author also looks at the wider political contexts and discusses the influence of apartheid on South African music. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. Index, bib, gloss, notes, xv, 335pp, USA. DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 0822330148

Kiba is a genre of traditional music in South Africa developed by women migrants from the country's Northern Province. This book is about its performance and social meaning. UK. EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS.

A handbook surveying the full spectrum of white and black South African music. Includes CD ROM. BNS, 300pp, UK. CLIO, 1576072762

Tells the remarkable story of how jazz became a key part of South Africa's struggles in the 20th Century, and provides a fascinating overview of the ongoing links between African and American styles of music. Ansell illustrates how jazz occupies a unique place in South African music. Through interviews with hundreds of musicians, she pieces together a vibrant narrative history, bringing to life the early politics of resistance, the atmosphere of illegal performance spaces, the global anti apartheid influence of Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba, as well as the post apartheid upheavals in the national broadcasting and recording industries. Featuring an introduction by Abdullah Ibrahim. Bib, notes, apps, b/w photos, viii, 350pp, UK. CONTINUUM.

The autobiography of pioneering South African musician, Hugh Masekela describing his thirty year pilgrimage around the world, perfecting his craft and meeting a host of famed musicians, from Bob Marley to Miriam Makeba and Dizzy Gillespie to Fela Kuti. Masekela also describes the backdrop of social and political changes that were taking place in across the world during the last forty years and looks at how apartheid, revolutions and coups affects his life and music. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Index, 394pp, USA. CROWN PUBLISHERS, 0609609572

This is a study of two Zulu women, storytellers, one who performed stories in 1868, the other in 1972. Lydia umkaSethemba and Asilita Philisiwe Khumalo are two African women, one hundred years apart, both accomplished storytellers: their stories, in their similarities and variations, provide insights into the nature of stories and the evolving of stories from one generation to the next. Each of the women takes a traditional tale from the oral repertory, and, as storytellers have done from the beginning, organizes tradition as a context for the contemporary world. In each case, an ideal world is envisioned, for Lydia umkaSethemba a world of plenty, a realm distinct from the reality of her environs in the 1860s. For Asilita Philisiwe Khumalo, it is a world of freedom, an escape from the apartheid reality that characterized her country in the 1970s. The two raconteurs build their works around familiar swallowing monster stories, conventional movements into the heavens, seasoned tales dealing with transformation from one being to another. 304pp, USA. EDWIN MELLEN PRESS.