Dust of the Zulu
Ngoma Aesthetics After Apartheid
Duke University Press · Print & ebook · August 23, 2017
In Dust of the Zulu Louise Meintjes traces the political and aesthetic significance of ngoma, a competitive form of dance and music that emerged out of the legacies of colonialism and apartheid in South Africa.
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- Who it’s for
- Louise Meintjes connects ngoma dance and music to South Africa’s postapartheid history, politics, and community life.
- Genres
- Ethnomusicology, South Africa History, African Studies
- Published
- Duke University Press, August 23, 2017
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In Dust of the Zulu Louise Meintjes traces the political and aesthetic significance of ngoma, a competitive form of dance and music that emerged out of the legacies of colonialism and apartheid in South Africa. Contextualizing ngoma within South Africa's history of violence, migrant labor, the HIV epidemic, and the world music market, Meintjes follows a community ngoma team and its professional subgroup during the twenty years after apartheid's end.
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She intricately ties aesthetics to politics, embodiment to the voice, and masculine anger to eloquence and virtuosity, relating the visceral experience of ngoma performances as they embody the expanse of South African history. Meintjes also shows how ngoma helps build community, cultivate responsible manhood, and provide its participants with a means to reconcile South Africa's past with its postapartheid future. Dust of the Zulu includes over one hundred photographs of ngoma performances, the majority taken by award-winning photojournalist TJ Lemon.
Ngoma After Apartheid
Louise Meintjes connects ngoma dance and music to South Africa’s postapartheid history, politics, and community life.
Come here for
- Ngoma’s political and aesthetic significance in postapartheid South Africa
- A community team and its professional subgroup across two decades
Expect
- Context on violence, migrant labor, the HIV epidemic, and the world music market
- More than one hundred photographs of ngoma performances
Where it sits
| Ethnomusicology | 54% |
|---|---|
| South Africa History | 40% |
| African Studies | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Ethnomusicology
- Dance History
- How Cultures Work
- Authors
- Louise Meintjes, TJ Lemon
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Published
- August 23, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Ethnomusicology