Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Preface Personal Journey; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Catching the Blues Spirit; Chapter Three Musing African Memory; Chapter Four Three Women; Chapter Five Sound Motion and Spirit; Chapter Six Summary and Conclusion; Appendix One Discography; Appendix Two Life Profile Matrix; Appendix Three Life Profile Matrix: Analytic Categories Quantified per Singer; Appendix Four Life Profile Matrix: Analytical Categories Thematically Qualified; Appendix Five Life Profile/Song Matrices
Summary
This book explores the relationship between three African American women's dance-art-music sensibilities within the context of a Pan African aesthetic