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Female Highlife Performers in Ghana : Expression, Resistance, and Advocacy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (191 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498564670
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Female Highlife Performers in GhanaDDC classification:
  • 781.6309667
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: Learning from Well-Documented, Historical, and Ethnomusicological Research -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Inception of My Ideology -- 1. Evolution and Transformation of Highlife Musical Tradition in Ghana -- 2. "Her-Storical" Legacy -- 3. Resistance and Survival -- 4. Female Musical Compositions -- 5. The New Deal -- Conclusion: Future Research, Theoretical Queries, and Underpinnings -- Appendix 1: Ghana Travel Map -- Appendix 2: Samples of Ghana Cedi Currency -- Appendix 3: Loaded Highlife Musical Discs -- Appendix 4: Interview with Professor Kwabena Nketia -- Appendix 5: Interview Photos -- Appendix 6: Song Lyrics -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: This book takes an ethnomusicological approach to demonstrate the historical importance of female performers of Highlife music in Ghana.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: Learning from Well-Documented, Historical, and Ethnomusicological Research -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Inception of My Ideology -- 1. Evolution and Transformation of Highlife Musical Tradition in Ghana -- 2. "Her-Storical" Legacy -- 3. Resistance and Survival -- 4. Female Musical Compositions -- 5. The New Deal -- Conclusion: Future Research, Theoretical Queries, and Underpinnings -- Appendix 1: Ghana Travel Map -- Appendix 2: Samples of Ghana Cedi Currency -- Appendix 3: Loaded Highlife Musical Discs -- Appendix 4: Interview with Professor Kwabena Nketia -- Appendix 5: Interview Photos -- Appendix 6: Song Lyrics -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This book takes an ethnomusicological approach to demonstrate the historical importance of female performers of Highlife music in Ghana.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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