Resources

This page lists some of the resources that I’ve either cited in my own work or have found useful for some additional background information. Please remember that some older material might contain incomplete or incorrect information. For this reason, please remember to check the references for yourself before using them in your own work!

Books

  • Agawu, K., (2003) Representing African music : postcolonial notes, queries, positions. Routledge, New York and London.
  • Blevins, S. (2016) Living Cargo: How Black Britain Performs Its Past, Living Cargo. University of Minnesota Press.
  • Gray, J. (ed.) (2023) Blacks in Classical Music Ii: An International Bibliography and Resource Guide. Nyack, New York: African Diaspora Press (Black music reference series, volume 10).
  • Kaufmann, M. (2017) Black Tudors: An Untold History. 1st edn. London: Oneworld. (Amazon)
  • Lotz, R. E. (1997) Black people : entertainers of African descent in Europe and Germany. Birgit Lotz Verlag. (Amazon, Abebooks)
  • Matera, M. (2015) Black London: the imperial metropolis and decolonization in the twentieth century. University of California Press. (Abebooks)
  • Omojola, B. (1995) Nigerian Art Music. Institut français de recherche en Afrique. doi: 10.4000/books.ifra.598. (OpenEdition free online access)
  • Sadoh, G. (2015) Five Decades of Music Transmutation in Nigeria and The Diaspora
  • Sadoh, G. (2018) The Centenary of The Cathedral Church of Christ Choir, Lagos. GSS Publications.
  • Toynbee, J. et al. (2016) Black British Jazz Routes, Ownership and Performance. Taylor and Francis. (Abebooks)

Youtube

Recordings

Websites

Broadcasts

Blog posts and online articles

Academic journal articles and papers

  • Cirio, N.P. (2015) Black Skin, White Music: Afroporteno Musicians and Composers in Europe in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century. Black Music Research Journal 35, 23.
  • Hart, W. A. (2017) ‘New Light on George Bridgtower’, The Musical Times, 158, pp. 95–106.
  • Rye, H. (2010) ‘Southern Syncopated Orchestra: The Roster’, Black Music Research Journal. University of Illinois Press, 30(1), pp. 19–70. doi: 10.5406/blacmusiresej.30.1.0019.
  • Sadoh, G. (2010) ‘African Musicology: A Bibliographical Guide to Nigerian Art Music (1927-2009)’, Notes. Music Library Association, pp. 485–502.

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