Nana Abena Amoah-Ramey

Female Highlife Performers in Ghana

Expression, Resistance, and Advocacy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 437g
• ISBN-13: 9781498564663
• ISBN-10: 1498564666
• Artikelnr.: 52415138

Autorenporträt

Nana Abena Amoah-Ramey is adjunct assistant professor in the Department of African American and African diaspora studies at Indiana University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by A.B. Assensoh Acknowledgments Introduction: The Inception of My
Ideology, Formations: Research Method & Preamble Chapter 1: Evolution and
Transformation of Highlife Musical Tradition of Ghana Chapter 2:
"Her-Storical" Legacy: Female Highlife Musicians in Ghana Chapter 3:
Resistance and Survival: The Trailblazing Stories Chapter 4: Female Musical
Compositions: She Advocates & I Analyze! Chapter 5: The New Deal: New Era
of Contemporary Ghanaian Music: From Globalization to Modernization Chapter
6: Epilogue: Future Research & Theoretical Queries & Underpinnings Appendix
1: Ghana Travel Map Appendix 2: Ghanaian Currency Appendix 3: Highlife Tree
Appendix 4: Interview with Professor Kwabena Nketia Appendix 5: Interview
Photos Appendix 6: Song Lyrics Glossary Bibliography