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OverviewPRAISE FOR AFRICA; ITS MUSIC & ITS PEOPLE ... A respected performer, educator, Dr. Pascal Bokar Thiam has played with the best of them: Dizzy Gillespie, Donald Byrd and others...his knowledge of Africa's music and culture is just as extensive as his knowledge for the music of America. And he shows us that it is one music. - Teodross Avery, DMA. Music Department, California State University Dominguez Hills, CA As a fine artist and clinical psychologist, this book is truly a revelation to the true meaning of art, music and life. I strongly recommend to everyone the book Africa; Its Music and Its People... - Alioune Cissokho, MFA, Ph.D. Northeastern University, Boston, MA Accomplished Malian and Senegalese musician and intellectual Dr. Pascal Bokar Thiam decolonizes the vast musical histories of the African continent with indigenous and Africa-centered perspectives of their enduring cultural, political, and economic relevance... In the tradition of scholar/musicians like free jazz pioneer and author George E. Lewis, Dr. Thiam's work not only offers a decolonizing insider perspective, but it swings with the power of a work written from the heart and soul. - Nicholas Baham III, Ph.D. Professor & Chair, Department of Ethnic Studies, Cal State East Bay, CA Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ed D Pascal Bokar Thiam , Magueye Seck, PH DPublisher: Palmetto Publishing Imprint: Palmetto Publishing Dimensions: Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.726kg ISBN: 9798885900522Pages: 178 Publication Date: 03 May 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationPascal Bokar Thiam, Ed.D. is on faculty in the Performing Arts & Social Justice Department of the University of San Francisco and the Music Department of City College of San Francisco, CA. He has performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Donald Byrd, Donald Bailey, Donald Brown etc...His CD Guitar Balafonics received Downbeat Magazine One of the Best CDs of the Year Award. The British Press Essex TV calls him the Father of the AfroBlueGrazz Sound exemplified in his new CD titled American Trails. Pascal Bokar is the 2021 Recipient of the Jazz Road Award from Southarts, NEA, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation & the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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