| Description |
xvi, 318 p. : ill. |
| Series |
African expressive cultures
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Ethnomusicology multimedia
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the historical importance of urban Ghana's Saturday nights -- Popular music, political authority, and social possibilities in the southern Gold Coast, 1890-1940 -- The making of a middle class: urban social clubs and the evolution of highlife music, 1915-1940 -- The friction on the floor: negotiating nightlife in Accra, 1940-1960 -- "The highlife was born in Ghana": politics, culture, and the making of a national music, 1950-1965 -- "We were the ones who composed the songs": the promises and pitfalls of being a bandsman, 1945-1970. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Dance music -- Social aspects -- Ghana.
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Highlife (Music) -- Ghana -- History and criticism.
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Ghana -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780253007254 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780253007292 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780253007339 (electronic bk.) |
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