Breaking Rocks: Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa

Based on fieldwork in Kinshasa and Paris, Breaking Rocks examines patronage payments within Congolese popular music, where...
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Author: Joe Trapido
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Breaking Rocks: Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa by Trapido, Joe

Breaking Rocks: Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa

$112.44

Breaking Rocks: Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa

$112.44
Author: Joe Trapido
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Based on fieldwork in Kinshasa and Paris, Breaking Rocks examines patronage payments within Congolese popular music, where a love song dedication can cost 6,000 dollars and a simple name check can trade for 500 or 600 dollars. Tracing this system of prestige through networks of musicians and patrons - who include gangsters based in Europe, kleptocratic politicians in Congo, and lawless diamond dealers in northern Angola - this book offers insights into ideologies of power and value in central Africa's troubled post-colonial political economy, as well as a glimpse into the economic flows that make up the hidden side of the globalization.



Author: Joe Trapido
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 09/02/2020
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9781789207941

About the Author

Joe Trapido works in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies. A fan of Congolese music, he is also a follower of Congolese society and politics more generally. His work has been published in the New Left Review and in Africa.


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