Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 12

Heidi Feldman is a Visiting Scholar and American Association of University Women American Fellow at the University of California, San Diego’s Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, USA.David Horn was a founding editor of the journal Popular Music and a founding member of IASPM (International Association for the Study of Popular Music). He was Director of the Institute of Popular Music at the University of Liverpool, UK, from 1988 until his retirement in 2002. He first proposed the idea of EPMOW with blues scholar Paul Oliver in the 1980s, and has worked on the project since then. John Shepherd is Chancellor’s Processor of Music and Sociology at Carleton University, Canada. He was from 2012 to 2017 Carleton Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic). He has been a member of EPMOW’s editorial board since 1990. In 2000, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his role “as a leading architect of a post-War critical musicology.”Gabrielle Kielich is a PhD Candidate in the department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

This is a work of superlatives: breathtaking in its scope, unrivaled in its depth and truly representative of the boundless musical richness of the African continent south of the Sahara. There is no compendium like this Volume XII of the Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World.

• IntroductionAcknowledgementsList of contributorsMapsGenres: Sub-Saharan AfricaAdaha – E. John CollinsAfrobeat – Jesse RuskinAfrobeats – Banning EyreAfro-Cuban Music in Senegal – Richard ShainAfroma – John LwandaAfropop – Banning EyreAfro-Rock – E. John CollinsAkan Recreational Music – E. John Collins Amakwaya – Markus DetterbeckApala – Isaac Yekini-AjenifujaAsíkó – Christian ‘Dowu Jayeola Horton and Banning EyreAzmari Music – Shawn MollenhauerAzonto – Eric Sunu DoeBa Gasy – August SchmidhoferBaikoko – Werner GraebnerBajourou – Sam DickeyBand (Uganda) – Joel IsabiryeBango – Mellitus WanyamaBatuque – JoAnne HoffmannBend Skin – Joseph FumtimBenga – Donald Otoyo Ondieki and Caleb OkumuBeni – Donald Otoyo Ondieki and Caleb Okumu, with Werner GraebnerBikutsi – Anja BrunnerBoeremusiek – Williemien FronemanBongo Flava – Uta Reuster-Jahn Borborbor – E. John CollinsBrass Band Music in Benin – Sarah PolitzBrass Band Music in Ethiopia – Shawn MollenhauerBubblegum – Lizabé LambrechtsCabo-Zouk – JoAnne HoffmannChakacha – Donald Otoyo Ondieki and Caleb OkumuChimurenga – Tony PermanColadeira – JoAnne HoffmannConcert Party – David A. DonkorCoupé Décalé – Ty-Juana TaylorCultural Animation Groups (in Gabon) – Alice Aterianus-OwangaCumbé – Isabela de AranzadiDiscolypso – E. John CollinsEthiopian Modern Music (Zemenawi Muzika) – Michele BanalFújì – Debbie KleinFunaná – JoAnne HoffmannGahu – E. John CollinsGhoema Musical Complex – Sylvia BruindersGhommaliedje – Sylvia BruindersGule Wa Mkulu – John LwandaGumbe/Goombay – E. John Collins, with Christian ‘Dowu Jayeola HortonGumbe/Goombay (in Sierra Leone) – Christian ‘Dowu Jayeola HortonGuux – Kenedid HassanHausa Popular Music (Northern Nigeria) – Abdalla Uba AdamuHawl – Violeta RuanoHeavy Metal in Africa – Edward BanchsHeavy Metal in Botswana – Magnus NilssonHeavy Metal in Kenya – Ekkehard KnopkeHeavy Metal in Madagascar (Metaly Gasy) – Markus VerneHeavy Metal in South Africa – Catherine HoadHees – Christina WoolnerHighlife – E. John CollinsHighlife, Igbo – Austin EmieluHighlife, Yorùbá – Olupemi OludareHip-Hop in Sub-Saharan Africa – Catherine AppertHip-Hop in Botswana – Abimbola Kai-LewisHip-Hop in Cameroon – Daniel KuenzlerHip-Hop in Gabon – Alice Aterianus-Owanga Hip-Hop in Kenya – Mwenda NtarangwiHip-Hop in Mozambique – Karen BoswallHip-Hop in Nigeria – Stephanie Shonekan Hip-hop in Nigeria (Hausa Rap) – Abdalla Uba Adamu Hip-Hop in Senegal – Catherine AppertHip-Hop in South Africa – Lee Watkins Hip-Hop in the Democratic Republic of Congo – Chérie Rivers Ndaliko Hip-Hop in Uganda – Joel Isabirye with John ShepherdHiplife – Halifu OsumareHira Gasy – Didier MauroHouse Music in Southern Africa – Lindelwa Dalamba, Abimbola Kai-Lewis, and Cara StaceyImbyino – Jason McCoy and Tharcisse BiragumaIsicathamiya – Sazi DlaminiIsukuti – Mellitus WanyamaJazz Band (Malawi) – John LwandaJeliya – Eric CharryJembe Music – Rainer PolakJit (Jiti) – Banning EyreJùjú – Jesse RuskinKadongo-Kamu – James MakubuyaKaka – Sarah PolitzKalindula – Rick SandersKazukuta – Garth SheridanKidandali – David PierKidumbak – Werner GraebnerKizomba – Rui CidraKonkoma – E. John Collins Koriana le Moropa – David B. CoplanKpanlogo – E. John CollinsKuduro – Michael B. SilversKwaito – Christopher BallantineKwasa Kwasa – David Horn and John LwandaKwasa Kwasa (in Botswana) – Pinkie MojakiKwasa Kwasa (in Malawi) – John LwandaKwela – Lara AllenLitungu Music – Mellitus WanyamaMa/Gaisa – Shishani VranckxMakossa – Anya Brunner and Joachim OelsnerMakwayela – Karen Boswall and João Soeiro de CarvahalloMalipenga – John LwandaMaloya – Guillaume SamsonMamaya – Eric CharryMande Music – Graeme CounselMarabi – Christopher BallantineMaringa – Isabela de Aranzadi Maringa (in Equatorial Guinea) – Isabela de AranzadiMaringa (in Sierra Leone) – Christian ‘Dowu Jayeola HortonMarrabenta – Karen Boswall and João Soeiro de CarvahalloMaskanda – Kathryn OlsenMasse Gohoun – Sarah PolitzMbalax – Patricia TangMbaqanga – Lindelwa Dalamba Mbumba – John LwandaMchiriku – Werner GraebnerMdundiko – Werner GraebnerMedeh – Violeta RuanoMerengue in Angola – Garth SheridanMilo Jazz – Christian ‘Dowu Jayeola HortonMoppie – Sylvia BruindersMorna – JoAnne HoffmannMutia – Guillaume SamsonMuziki Wa Dansi – Werner GraebnerMuziki Wa Injili – Imani SangaMwomboko – Mellitus WanyamaNaija Pop – Banning EyreNdebele Pop – Banning EyreNdombolo – Banning EyreNederlandslied – Sylvia BruindersNgoma – Werner GraebnerNgoma/Ingoma (in Malawi) – John LwandaNidal – Violeta RuanoOdonson – E. John CollinsOmutibo – Mellitus WanyamaOromo Popular Music – Shawn MollenhauerOviritje – Shishani VranckxPalmwine Music – E. John CollinsPandza – Karen BoswallRebita – Rui CidraReggae in Sub-Saharan Africa – Jérémie Kroubo DagniniReggae in Côte d'Ivoire – Daniel ReedReggae in Ghana – E. John CollinsReggae in Malawi – John LwandaReggae in South Africa – David DurbachRumba – Banning Eyre, John Nimis, Johnny Frias and Mellitus WanyamaSákárà – Stephen OlusojiSalegy – Banning EyreSéga – Guillaume SamsonSemba Rui CidraShambo – Shishani VranckxSimpa – E. John CollinsSokwe – Guillaume SamsonSoukouss – Bob White Sungura – Tony PermanTaarab – Werner GraebnerTabanka – JoAnne HoffmannTakamba – Banning EyreTakiboronsé – Christophe Hien with John ShepherdTchinkoume – Sarah PolitzTigrinya Music – Michele BanalTsaba Tsaba – Sazi DlamaniTsapiky – Banning EyreTuareg Guitar Music – Eric J. SchmidtTufo – Karen BoswallUmbholoho – Cara StaceyUukorasa – Minette MansWákà – Stephen OlusojiWassoulou – Heather MaxwellYéla – Hauke Dorsch and Ibrahima WaneYenyengo – Hauke DorschZamrock – Henning Gorenson SandbergZenji Flava – Irene BrunottiZenli – Sarah PolitzZikiri – Emmanuelle OlivierZilizopendwa – Daniel Otoyo Ondieki and Caleb OkumuZoblazo – Ty-Juana TaylorZouglou – Ty-Juana TaylorIndex