Musical Life in Guyana: History and Politics of Controlling Creativity (Caribbean Studies Series) Hardcover – June 1, 2015
by Vibert C. Cambridge (Author)
Musical Life in Guyana is the first in-depth study of Guyanese musical life. It is also a richly detailed description of the social, economic, and political conditions that have encouraged and sometimes discouraged musical and cultural creativity in Guyana.
The book contributes to the study of the interactions between the policies and practices by national governments and musical communities in the Caribbean.
Vibert C. Cambridge explores these interactions in Guyana during the three political eras that the society experienced as it moved from being a British colony to an independent nation. Continue reading