• Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali (Revised Edition) (Longman African Writers)

    This is a revision of Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali,  a best seller for 30 years.  Retold by griots, the guardians of African Culture, this oral tradition has been handed down from the thirteenth century and captures all the mystery and majesty of medieval African kingship. It is the epic tale, based on an actual figure, of Sundiata (Sunjata). Part history and part legend, it tells how Sundiata fulfilled the prophesies that he would unite the twelve kingdoms of Mali into a powerful empire. This Revised Edition includes background information which provides a geographical, religious, social,... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1405849428
    • ASIN: 1405849428
    • ISBN: 9781405849425
    • Brand: Pearson
    • Manufacturer: Pearson

  • Traveling Music: The Soundtrack to My Life and Times

    The music of Frank Sinatra, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, and many other artists provides the score to the reflections of a musician on the road in this memoir of Neil Peart's travels from Los Angeles to Big Bend National Park.

    • ASIN: 1550226665
    • ASIN: 1550226665
    • ISBN: 9781550226669
    • Brand: Brand: ECW Press
    • Manufacturer: ECW Press

  • Zulu Rising: The Epic Story of iSandlwana and Rorke's Drift

    The battle of Isandlwana was the single most destructive incident in the 150-year history of the British colonization of South Africa. In one bloody day more than 800 British troops, 500 of their allies, and at least 2,000 Zulus were killed in a staggering defeat for the British empire. The consequences of the battle echoed brutally across the following decades as Britain took ruthless revenge on the Zulu people. In Zulu Rising Ian Knight shows that the brutality of the battle was the result of an inevitable clash between two aggressive warrior traditions. For the first time he gives full we... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0330445936
    • ASIN: 0330445936
    • ISBN: 0330445936
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Pan Macmillan

  • Drummer Hodge: The Poetry of the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902

    Physical description: xviii, 354p, [16]p of plates : ill, 2 ports ; 23 cm. Subjects: South African War, 1899-1902, in literature.

    • ASIN: 0198120826
    • ASIN: 0198120826
    • ISBN: 0198120826
    • Manufacturer: Oxford Univ Pr (Txt)

  • Best of Travel: South Africa (DVD)

    Details Coming Soon

    • UPC: 834070558

  • Best Of Travel: South Africa (Blu-ray + Standard DVD)

    Best of Travel: South Africa [Blu-ray plus DVD and Digital

    • UPC: 16927030
    • Color: YOther
    • Rating: 1.0

  • Personnel: Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn); Maucha Adnet (vocals); David Sanborn (saxophone); David Bargeron (trombone); David Taylor (bass trombone, tuba); Keith Underwood (alto & bass flutes); Lawrence Feldman (bass flute); Bob Mintzer (bass clarinet); Gil Goldstein (accordion, keyboards); Adam Rogers (acoustic & electric guitars); Bakithi Kumalo (bass); Jonathan Joseph (drums); Cafe (percussion); Richard Sussman (programming).Principally recorded at Power Station, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Randy Brecker.INTO THE SUN won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance.This disc showcases Randy Brecker's wide-ranging influences and continuing love affair with Brazilian music. Brecker and arranger Gil Goldstein brought together musicians from NY, Miami, Brazil and South Africa to form a unit which manages to maintain a spontaneous feel within some extremely challenging and modern arrangements. "Grey Area" employs the talents of guitarist Adam Rogers to give the track a hard-edged fusion sound reminiscent of early Brecker Brothers music. "The Hottest Man In Town, a recording made by Brecker's father, when the junior Brecker was only two weeks old, predicting Randy's future as an innovative jazz musican.

    INTO THE SUN [RANDY BRECKER]

    • UPC: 3441664

  • Sabu Satsha JC 18 tour

    Best drummer in SA......chicken Adam

    Drummers in Africa, Featuring '""Paul DFJ Alexander"", ITS A MUST SEE!!!