Kwaito's Promise: Music and the Aesthetics of Freedom in South Africa (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
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Kwaito's Promise: Music and the Aesthetics of Freedom in South Africa (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)

by Gavin Steingo

Music Cultural Studies African Studies
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Kwaito's Promise explores the relationship between kwaito, South African musical culture, and the aesthetics of freedom. Drawing on ethnomusicology, Gavin Steingo considers how music can express cultural meaning and illuminate questions of identity, society, and liberation.

ISBN-13 9780226362540 ASIN 022636254X Views 188 Publisher University of Chicago Press Year 2016 Edition Illustrated Format Paperback Product Group Book Pages 327 Adult No Created February 24, 2026 Updated November 01, 2026
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Kwaito's Promise examines kwaito within the musical and cultural landscape of South Africa.

Framed through ethnomusicology, the book considers the relationship between music and the aesthetics of freedom.

Its focus connects musical expression with wider questions of culture, identity, and social meaning.

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