Highlife Giants is an intimate portrait of the pioneering artistes of West Africa’s vibrant music scene from the s onwards. It is packed full of inside information from interviews with stars including E.T Mensah, Kofo Ghanab As West Africa’s oldest form of popular music, Highlife was the soundtrack of the independence era and its influence still resonates widely today.4/5. Blending European and African-American styles with traditional African patterns, highlife music contributed to the development of post-independent national identity in Ghana, Nigeria and along the West African coast. Highlife Giants is an important and indispensable record on this Pan-African musical identity."/5(2). Stanford Libraries' official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more.
Konkoma, a variety of highlife music, died in the s due to the rise of highlife dance and guitar bands — but some of the forms of music it influenced remain alive. Advertisement. According to John Collins, author of 'Highlife Giants: West African Dance Band Pioneers', one of such genres is Nigeria's agidigbo music which was. This item: Highlife Giants: West African Dance Band Pioneers. by John Collins Paperback. $ Usually ships within 5 to 7 days. Ships from and sold by www.doorway.ru FREE Shipping on orders over $ Highlife Saturday Night: Popular Music and Social Change in Urban Ghana (African Expressive Cultures) by Nathan Plageman Paperback. The book, titled Highlife Giants: West African Dance Band Pioneers, is written by John Collins, who moved to Ghana from Britain at a young age in , a year before Okine began singing with.
Blending European and African-American styles with traditional African patterns, highlife music contributed to the development of post-independent national identity in Ghana, Nigeria and along the West African coast. Highlife Giants is an important and indispensable record on this Pan-African musical identity.". By Dami Ajayi Title: Highlife Giants: West African Dance Band Pioneers Author: John Collins Publisher: Cassava Republic Press Number of pages: Year of publication: Category: Music The West African phenomenon, Highlife music, is many things to many people. To some, it is a colonial legacy. To others, it is an abiding aesthetic. Stanford Libraries' official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more.
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