My Book Of Afrobeats Stories

My Book Of Afrobeats Stories

Author: Oluwasegun Babatunde

Publisher: Storibud Limited

Published: 2022-08-08

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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Globalisation dreamed of several decades ago is now at everyone’s fingertips. The advent of the internet has brought the world closer than any human or technological power. Music projects by Nigerians and other Africans have been major beneficiaries of the internet age. With our music dominating charts, winning major awards, getting Tik-Toked, and reaching the corners of the earth, it is only timely to assay what has been responsible for this progressive stride of a genre tagged Afrobeats. My Book Of Afrobeats Stories (MBOAS) endeavours to run through different times in the life of Nigerian music, starting from the year 2,000 till the present year, 2022. MBOAS carries with it a heavy touch on the lives of tectoniccontributors to this industry beyond their arts and talents.


My Book Of Afrobeats Stories

My Book Of Afrobeats Stories

Author: Lord Oluwasegun Babatunde

Publisher: Storibud Limited

Published:

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13:

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Globalisation dreamed of several decades ago is now at everyone’s fingertips. The advent of the internet has brought the world closer than any human or technological power. Music projects by Nigerians and other Africans have been major beneficiaries of the internet age. With our music dominating charts, winning major awards, getting Tik-Toked, and reaching the corners of the earth, it is only timely to assay what has been responsible for this progressive stride of a genre tagged Afrobeats. My Book Of Afrobeats Stories (MBOAS) endeavours to run through different times in the life of Nigerian music, starting from the year 2,000 till the present year, 2022. MBOAS carries with it a heavy touch on the lives of tectonic contributors to this industry beyond their arts and talents.


Afro-Bets ABC Book

Afro-Bets ABC Book

Author: Cheryl Willis Hudson

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-31

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13:

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Black youngsters form themselves into letters of the alphabet.


Children of the Quicksands

Children of the Quicksands

Author: Efua Traoré

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2022-07-26

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1338781944

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A richly imagined magical adventure set in West Africa by a prize-winning new voice in children's writing, Children of the Quicksands introduces readers to Yoruba myths and legends while showcasing the wealth of culture, traditions, adventure, joy, pride, and love found in Nigeria. In a remote Nigerian village, thirteen-year-old Simi is desperate to uncover a family secret. Ajao is nothing like Lagos -- no cells phones, no running water or electricity. Not a single human-made sound can be heard at night, just the noise of birds and animals rustling in the dark forest outside. Her witchlike grandmother dispenses advice and herbal medicine to the village, but she's tight lipped about their family history. Something must have happened, but what? Determined to find out, Simi disobeys her grandmother and goes exploring only to find herself sinking in the red quicksand of a forbidden lake and into the strange parallel world that lies beneath. It must have been a dream... right? Wrong. Something isn’t right. Children are disappearing and it’s up to Simi to discover the truth.


The Black Chord

The Black Chord

Author: Vivien Goldman

Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13:

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Traces the history of modern Black music through text and photographs, celebrating the idea that there is a musical thread that travels throughout the world, changing the culture and music of each place it touches.


Tony Allen

Tony Allen

Author: Tony Allen

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2013-09-27

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 0822377098

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Tony Allen is the autobiography of legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, the rhythmic engine of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat. Conversational, inviting, and packed with telling anecdotes, Allen's memoir is based on hundreds of hours of interviews with the musician and scholar Michael E. Veal. It spans Allen's early years and career playing highlife music in Lagos; his fifteen years with Fela, from 1964 until 1979; his struggles to form his own bands in Nigeria; and his emigration to France. Allen embraced the drum set, rather than African handheld drums, early in his career, when drum kits were relatively rare in Africa. His story conveys a love of his craft along with the specifics of his practice. It also provides invaluable firsthand accounts of the explosive creativity in postcolonial African music, and the personal and artistic dynamics in Fela's Koola Lobitos and Africa 70, two of the greatest bands to ever play African music.


Evening Primrose

Evening Primrose

Author: Kopano Matlwa

Publisher: Quercus Books

Published: 2018

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781635060355

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"Compelling and heart-wrenching, Evening Primrose explores issues of race, poverty, and gender in post-apartheid South Africa through the eyes of a junior doctor... When Masechaba finally achieves her childhood dream of becoming a doctor, her ambition is tested as she faces the stark reality of South Africa's public health care system. As she leaves her deeply religious mother and makes friends with the politically-minded Nyasha, Masechaba's eyes are opened to the rising xenophobic tension that carries echoes of apartheid. Battling her inner demons, she must decide if she should take a stand to help her best friend, even if it comes at a high personal cost. A powerfully insightful novel from "South Africa's Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" (The Bookseller), Evening Primrose explores issues of race, gender, and the medical profession with tenderness and urgency"--


Dahlia & Friends

Dahlia & Friends

Author: Jacques Bastien

Publisher: Stone Arch Books

Published: 2021-01-24

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781954739017

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In today's adventure, Dahlia comes up with a great idea for kids of any age to get access to all the toys in the world. This story encourages young readers to explore entrepreneurship through bartering. Dahlia & Friends is a series that follows the adventures of a young Black girl called Dahlia who teams up with her friends as they use their imagination to dream big, think through ideas, and learn together. The series focuses on helping young readers build character, increase their confidence, and enhance their vocabulary while highlighting diversity in the children's cultures, abilities, and backgrounds.