Research Materials

Critical essay on post-apartheid South Africa and the influence of Kwaito music.

Steingo, Gavin. "South African music after Apartheid: kwaito, the 'party politic,' and the appropriation of gold as a sign of success."Popular Music and Society July 2005: 333+. Academic OneFile. Web. 10 Oct. 2012.

Article on the politicization of kwaito in South Africa

Steingo, Gavin. "The politicization of kwaito: from the 'party politic' to party politics." Black Music Research Journal 27.1 (2007): 23+.Academic OneFile. Web. 10 Oct. 2012.

 http://www.theyouthinstitute.org/pubs/Is%20Kwaito%20South%20African%20Hip%20Hop.pdf 

• • Chris Pritchard discovers that a visitor is never far from the beat.(South Africa)
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  • Pritchard, Chris.  "Cry music: no longer a pariah state, South Africa has become a melting pot for sounds from all over the continent. Visiting Capetown and Johannesburg",
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Book Sources

Curtis, Benjamin. "Music Makes the Nation"

Moore, Robin. "Music & Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba