Discusses the tension between public and private and between equality and dignity; the notions of sovereignty; aesthetics; action and revolt in South Africa.

Winner of IASPM Book Prize, given by IASPM, 2023 This book is an ethnographic study of sound archives and the processes of creative decolonization that form alt

In Dust of the Zulu Louise Meintjes traces the political and aesthetic significance of ngoma, a competitive form of dance and music that emerged out of the lega