Come to know Africa's history, culture, and peoples through the study of its contemporary music. We examine the continent in eight "regions:" North, Southern, East, Central, and West Africa; the Sahel, the Islands around the continent, and diasporic routes of contemporary musicians. Each region has its own music playlist.
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- Professor of Music
Carol Muller is a Professor of Music who has published widely on South African music, including Musical Echoes: South African Women Thinking in Jazz (2011) with Sathima Bea Benjamin, Shembe Hymns (2010), Focus: South African Music (2008), and Rituals of Fertility and the Sacrifice of Desire: Nazarite Women’s Performance in South Africa (1999). Muller has… Read more
