Highlife Saturday night popular music and social change in urban Ghana / Nate Plageman.

Author/creator Plageman, Nate, 1978-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press,
Descriptionxvi, 318 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

SeriesAfrican expressive cultures
Ethnomusicology multimedia
African expressive cultures. ^A560153
Ethnomusicology multimedia. ^A1121749
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes discography (p. 279-287), bibliographical references (p. 289-310), and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012026045
ISBN9780253007254 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253007292 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253007339 (e-book)

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