As Shaw correctly states, no single volume covers the history of black popular music in its entirety, and most studies have focused on the white mainstream. Ame

Looks at the history of African American music from its roots in Africa and slavery to the present day and examines its place within African American communitie

From its beginnings in hip hop culture, the dense rhythms and aggressive lyrics of rap music have made it a provocative fixture on the American cultural landsca

"The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music -- through the music that is most c

On music and Black ethnicity