A journey through the history of African popular culture from the seventeenth century to the present day.

"The edited collection focuses on the links between young people and African popular culture. It explores popular culture produced and consumed by young people

"This is an extraordinarily rich collection full of informative detail and excellent interpretative analysis. There is not a single piece that fails to fascinat

This volume is an authoritative introduction to the history of African Americans in US popular culture, examining its development from the early nineteenth cent

" . . . a ground-breaking contribution to the field of African literature . . . " —Research in African Literatures "Anyone with the slightest interest in West