Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “Marvelous Muscles”: A History of Ezekiel Dlamini, the Real King Kong
- 2 Creating a “Back of the Moon”: The Union of Southern African Artists and Interracial Collaboration behind the “All-African” Musical
- 3 “Quickly in Love”: Popular Reception of the 1959 King Kong and Entertaining the Possibilities of a Different South Africa(s)
- 4 “Kwela Kong”: The Trials and Tribulations of a South African Musical Abroad in 1961
- 5 “Sad Times, Bad Times”: Issues of Exile, the King Kong Cast, and South African Jazz in Britain, 1961–1980
- 6 “The Boy's [and Girl’s] Doin’ It”: Moving to America and Rediscovering Africa, 1960–1989
- 7 “Death Song”: The 1979 Remake of King Kong and the Power of Cultural Memories under Apartheid
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “Marvelous Muscles”: A History of Ezekiel Dlamini, the Real King Kong
- 2 Creating a “Back of the Moon”: The Union of Southern African Artists and Interracial Collaboration behind the “All-African” Musical
- 3 “Quickly in Love”: Popular Reception of the 1959 King Kong and Entertaining the Possibilities of a Different South Africa(s)
- 4 “Kwela Kong”: The Trials and Tribulations of a South African Musical Abroad in 1961
- 5 “Sad Times, Bad Times”: Issues of Exile, the King Kong Cast, and South African Jazz in Britain, 1961–1980
- 6 “The Boy's [and Girl’s] Doin’ It”: Moving to America and Rediscovering Africa, 1960–1989
- 7 “Death Song”: The 1979 Remake of King Kong and the Power of Cultural Memories under Apartheid
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
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- Opposing Apartheid on StageKing Kong the Musical, pp. 273 - 376Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2020