Musicmakers of West AfricaLynne Rienner Publishers, 1985 - 177 pages Introducing the development of West African popular music, this text begins with a discussion of the early Highlife bands. It then traces the growth and diversification of various popular musical styles, including comic opera, Dagomba Simpa folk, and the current Afro-beat and Juju. |
Table des matières
Introduction | 1 |
Three | 15 |
Five | 33 |
Eight | 53 |
Eleven | 73 |
Thirteen | 75 |
A Ghanaian Folk Guitarist | 93 |
Sixteen | 106 |
Seventeen | 123 |
Nineteen | 139 |
Conclusion | 157 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Accra Adjekum African music African musicians Afro Afro-beat Akan Akwete Apala artists Ashiko band called Basa-Basa bass beat Benin black American Black Santiagos Bobby Brothers Bunzu Cape Coast club Collins concert party congas Congo music Cotonu cultural Dagomba dance band Decca drummer E.K. Nyame E.T. Mensah Faisal Helwani Fanti Fela Fela's formed frame drums Ghana Ghanaian Gombe drums guitar bands guitarist Guy Warren Heartbeats Hedzolleh Highlife Highlife bands Hotel indigenous influenced instruments Jaguar Jokers Jazz Joromi Juju music Kalakuta King Kofi Ghanaba Konimo Konkoma Kumasi Kwaa Mensah Kwame Lagos leader maraccas Melody Maestros Nigeria Nigerian musicians night Orchestra Owurama Palm Wine piano played Highlifes player Pop bands Pop music popular record companies released Sierra Leone Simpa groups singer songs Stan Plange started studio style sung Tempos tour traditional Trio trumpet Uhurus union Victor Olaiya Victor Uwaifo West Africa Western Pop Wulomei Yoruba