A journey through the history of African popular culture from the seventeenth century to the present day.

This volume marks the 25th anniversary of Karin Barber’s ground-breaking article, "Popular Arts in Africa", which stimulated new debates about African popular

"The edited collection focuses on the links between young people and African popular culture. It explores popular culture produced and consumed by young people

This book explores the current historical moment through works of popular culture produced in, and on, the Middle East and North Africa region, Turkey, and Iran

"This is an extraordinarily rich collection full of informative detail and excellent interpretative analysis. There is not a single piece that fails to fascinat