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Female Highlife Performers in Ghana - Expression, Resistance, and Advocacy (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,429
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Female Highlife Performers in Ghana - Expression, Resistance, and Advocacy (Hardcover): Nana Abena Amoah-Ramey

Female Highlife Performers in Ghana - Expression, Resistance, and Advocacy (Hardcover)

Nana Abena Amoah-Ramey; Foreword by A.B. Assensoh

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This book offers a detailed analysis of the history of female musicians in the Highlife music tradition of the Republic of Ghana, particularly the challenges and constraints these women faced and overcame. Highlife - a form of West African music infusing Ghana's traditional Akan dance rhythms and melodies with European instruments and harmonies - grew in popularity throughout the 20th century and hit its peak in the 1970s and 1980s. Although women played significant roles in the evolution and survival of the genre, few of their contributions have been thoroughly explored or documented. Despite being disregarded and ignored in many spheres, female Highlife musicians thrived and became trailblazers in the Ghanaian music industry, making particularly vibrant contributions to Highlife music in the 1970s. This book presents the voices of female Highlife artists and documents the ideological transformations expressed through their musical works, exploring the challenges they confronted throughout their musical careers and their contributions to music and culture in Ghana.

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Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2018
Authors: Nana Abena Amoah-Ramey
Foreword by: A.B. Assensoh
Dimensions: 239 x 159 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-6466-3
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General
Books > Humanities > History > African history > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > World music
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
Books > History > African history > General
Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > World music
Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
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LSN: 1-4985-6466-6
Barcode: 9781498564663

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