Representing African music : postcolonial notes, queries, positions /
Kofi Agawu.
- New York ; London : Routledge, 2003.
- 304 p. : music ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Who writes about African music, how, and why? What assumptions and prejudices influence the presentation of ethnographic data? To what orders of authority do scholars appeal? This study aims to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African music.