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title: "Heavy Metal Africa: Life, Passion, and Heavy Metal in the Forgotten Continent"
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# Heavy Metal Africa: Life, Passion, and Heavy Metal in the Forgotten Continent

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## Customer Reviews

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    Book is not the best medium for this collection
  

*by J***B on Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2020*

I struggle with books written about Africa,  by non-Africans.Let me declare all my biases quickly. I'm African. I enjoy heavy metal. I've met Edward Banchs and I'm a fan of the man.However, the book,  not so much.  It sits in an awkward category between textbook and blog, sort of coming off as a well-researched diary.The writer is obviously very passionate about the genre and his experiences but the writing felt a bit too introverted making it difficult as a reader to care deeply about the different people and bands in this book.  I imagine it would translate very well into a muliple-episode documentary series where the benefit of hearing the actual music and seeing the different landscapes and atmospheres offered within the continent.I think it is a great learning resource,  but I came into it expecting a story and instead found  a textbook.

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    Banchs hits with Heavy Metal Africa
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2017*

Edward Banchs passion for Africa emerges in the opening pages of Heavy Metal Africa. Banchs is classically trained and  crosses into cultural commentary with verve and a compelling narrative thread. Banchs does not bury the reader in trivia. The concept of black leather and dog collars in some of the poorest, warmest, and wettest places in the world is riveting.  Banchs first person narrative captures the commitment to art that organically links young people to like minded others in their society, across the continent, and around the planet.  This commitment and these Heavy Metal communities are durable, as Banchs amply demonstrates. Public diplomacy in the 21st Century is marked by governments seeking influence, access, and support using the full array of tools available to them.  Paying attention to important trends that originate in the West from milieu that encourage tolerance, liberalism, and free expression should be required of foreign service  and ministry of foreign affairs officers from the liberal democracies.  The West has a comparative advantage in Heavy Metal. This new book should be required reading for professional or aspiring Africanists, or anyone seeking to understand Africa.

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    Must read
  

*by B***A on Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2016*

Wonderful book! This book is for everyone, not only heavy metal lovers. It's a very well written book in which the author describes all his experiences lived while interviewing heavy metal musicians in different countries of Africa. It also gives the reader a picture of the different countries he visited, the way people live and also a little bit on the historical side.

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