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11 - Konpa, Zouk, and the Politics of World Music

Haiti, Dominica, Guadeloupe, and Martinique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2022

By
Hélène Zamor  and
Apollinaire Anakesa Kululuka
Edited by
Nanette de Jong
Nanette de Jong
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle
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Summary

This chapter explores the politics of world music through an analysis of konpa and zouk. The first section provides overviews of both genres, carefully emphasising their creole beginnings. The second section focuses on how globalisation and ‘world music’ marketing have individually and collectively impacted on the two genres over the years.

Keywords

French CaribbeanKonpaZoukGlobalisationWorld Music
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The Cambridge Companion to Caribbean Music , pp. 159 - 172
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Further Reading

Averill, Gage. 2008. A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.Google Scholar
Cyrille, Dominique. 2002. ‘Sa Ki Ta Nou: Creole Dances of the French Caribbean’. In Sloat, Susanna, ed., Caribbean Dance From Abakuá to Zouk. How Movement Shapes Identity. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 221–44.Google Scholar
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Discography

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Magnum Band. 1982. ‘Libèté’. La Seule Différence Adoration. Mini Records-MRS 1140. LP.Google Scholar
Tabou Caombo. 1991. ‘Yo’. Zap Zap. Sonodisc 8058. CD.Google Scholar
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