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"Last Night at the Bassline" book cover

"Last Night at the Bassline" book cover

November 7, 2018 00:39:10

Guests: Coplan, David

Host: Alegi, Peter

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Episode 120

Jazz Music and African Borderlands

David Coplan (Wits, Emeritus) takes us on a journey from New York to Soweto and into the making of his ethnographic studies of music and popular culture in West and South(ern) Africa. Coplan then turns to his recent book about The Bassline jazz club in Johannesburg. The interview concludes with insights from his new research on African borderlands and its contributions to global Border Theory.

00:00:00 - 00:01:52 Introduction
00:01:53 - 00:08:05 Start in African Studies
00:08:06 - 00:15:52 The legacy of Coplan's research on popular music
00:15:53 - 00:27:59 The Bassline Jazz Club
00:28:00 - 00:38:05 African borderlands
00:38:06 - 00:39:10 Outro

Cite this Episode

Alegi, Peter, and David Coplan. "Jazz Music and African Borderlands". Africa Past and Present, November 7, 2018. https://afripod.aodl.org/fullPodcast/episode=120/.