The ASU Music Library has a growing selection of materials about southern Africa. Try a subject search on "music africa south" for CDs, LPs, and books. For some countries (marked * and in green on the map), we have enough materials for a more in-depth study. Other listed countries (yellow on the map) have at least one recording or text.
General Sources:
The best general reference book on African music is Africa , volume one from the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (Music Reference ML 100 .G16 1998 v.1). Pages 699-792 deal specifically with the music of southern Africa. A CD is included with the volume.
Related Topics:
Southern African Peoples:
Angola
Botswana
Lesotho
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
*South Africa
Swaziland
Zambia
- Search the WNCLN catalog for books and recordings: "music zambia" or "popular music zambia"
- Read about the music of Zambia in the New Grove II online
- See also the article on "Harmony in Luvale Music of Zambia" by Kenichi Tsukada in the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music , v. 1 pp. 722-743 (Music Reference ML 100 .G16 1998).
Zimbabwe
- Search the WNCLN catalog for books and recordings: "music zimbabwe" or "popular music zimbabwe"
- Read about the music of Zimbabwe in the New Grove II online
- See also the article on "Music of the Shona of Zimbabwe" by John E. Kaemmer in the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music , v. 1 pp. 744-758 (Music Reference ML 100 .G16 1998).
