American Music: An Introduction, Second Edition is a collection of seventeen essays surveying major African American musical genres, both sacred and secular, fr

African American Music provides an introduction to all of the richness and diversity of African American musical styles, focusing on the distinct characte4istic

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

Issues in African American Music: Power, Gender, Race, Representation is a collection of twenty-one essays by leading scholars, surveying vital themes in the hi

Covering the vast and various terrain of African American music, this text begins with an account of the author's own musical experiences with family and friend