"We have in this book a Rosetta stone for mediating, or translating, African musical behavior and aesthetics."
--Andrew Tracey, African Music
"Ethnomusicologists must be proud that their discipline has produced a book that will, beyond doubt, rank
as a classic of African studies."
--Peter Fryer, Research in Literatures
Submitted by the Publisher, September, 2000
Summary
The companion cassette tape has 44 examples of the music discussed in the book. It consists of field recordings
illustrating cross-rhythms, multiple meters, call and response forms, etc.
