Based on a collective research initiative and exhibition, the book Afrosonica offers a reflection on African and Afro-diasporic sound, published in collaboration with the Museum of Ethnography in Geneva.
By bringing together artists, scholars, and musicians, the book deconstructs Western-centric discourses and approaches to museology and ethnomusicology, while exploring inclusive and renegotiated ways to intersect heritage, technology, and futurism.
Through in-depth conversations, essays, photographs, and artworks, the book invites further investigation into the Afro-diasporic) traces found in various musical phenomena across the globe. It encourages a critical rethinking of how we make sense of these traces through power-balanced and decentralised narratives.
Edited by Olivier Duport, Madeleine Leclair, Alan Marzo.
Contributions by Ntshepe Tsekere Bopape (Mo Laudi), Isabel Garcia Gomez, Abu Qadim Haqq, Satch Hoyt, Joseph Kamaru (KMRU), Madeleine Leclair, Bocar Niang, Pascale Obolo, Uhuru Phalafala, Aho Ssan, Johnathan Watts.