Many thanks to all the women who were interviewed for this book, and particularly to Tori Amos, Cyndi Lauper (Ms She Bop herself!), Suzanne Vega, Kristin Hersh, Miriam Makeba, Vicki Wickham, Peggy Seeger, Gracie Cole, Adele Bertei, Rosetta Reitz and Regine Moylett for being so helpful. Notes Selected Discography Selected Bibliography Index of Names Index of Albums and Singles THE TRUE STORY OF WOMEN IN RAP AND REGGAE Cheshire Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPD Wales, Ebbw Vale.Īcknowledgements Prologue Introduction 1 Riffin'the ScotchįEMALE SINGER/SONGWRITERS OF THE GRAND HOTELĨ She Wears the Trousers ARTISTRY, ANDROGYNY AND THE LESBIAN QUESTION British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. New York, NY 10017-6503 First edition published as She Bop in Great Britain by Penguin Books 1995 This edition published by Continuum 2002 © Lucy O'Brien 1995, 2002 All rights reserved.

A find for fans of West African folk-pop music.She Bop II The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and SoulĬONTINUUM The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London, SE1 7NX 370 Lexington Avenue. She fleshes out these modern views - for Mali and many other African countries, at least - with songs that both encourage her countrymen to recognize women as individuals and focus on a girl's struggle to reconcile old values with modern needs. Undulating atop a musical base featuring violin, the djembe goblet drum, a call-and-response choir, and the kamalengoni harp, Sangare daringly speaks out against such traditional practices as polygamy and arranged marriages. And while she would go on to cut albums with a mix of traditional and tastefully chosen Western elements, Moussoulou captures Sangare in all her sensual acoustic glory. Finding her way to the city of Abidjan in 1989, Sangare cut a cassette that would eventually sell close to a quarter of a million copies it became her debut disc, compliments of the World Circuit label. Hailing from the Wassoulou forest region of Mali, singer Oumou Sangare helped modernize the acoustic-native mix of hunters' songs and sogoninkun dance music she grew up with.

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