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Nina Simone: Don't Let ME be Misunderstood
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Nina Simone: Don't Let ME be Misunderstood
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Richard Williams
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Series | Mojo heroes |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:160 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 130 |
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Category/Genre | Bands, groups and musicians Biographies: Arts and Entertainment |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781841953687
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Classifications | Dewey:782.42164092 |
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Illustrations |
8pp b&w plates
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Canongate Books Ltd
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Imprint |
MOJO Books
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Publication Date |
1 February 2004 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Nina Simone was the first of the soul divas, and the most spectacular. Before Aretha Franklin, before Diana Ross, she established herself as a performer whose talent was matched only by her refusal to accept compromise. A classically trained prodigy, she brought her gift to bear on the whole sweep of African-American music, and much more besides. She refused to stand still but pushed ahead into an engagement with the blues, gospel, folk songs and even rock and roll, but just as she was becoming acclaimed by the rock audience the course of her career veered away from the safe, conventional paths into an engagement with black consciouness. her long involvement with the movement included a friendship with the black power leader Stokely Carmichael, and time spent in Africa. She remains a performer of compelling magnetism.
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