Highlife Giants : West African dance band pioneers
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Collins John (1944-....) ;
- Editeurs : Abuja [Nigeria] London Cassava Republic ;
- Date d'édition : 2016
- ISBN : 978-1-911115-29-8, 978-978-50238-1-7
- Sujets : Musique populaire -- Histoire et critique -- Afrique occidentale, Highlife, Musique de danse, Musique traditionnelle, Musiciens
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (324 p.), : Ill., couv. ill. en coul., 22 cm
- Pays de publication : Nigéria, Royaume-Uni
Notes
Existe aussi en version électronique ; Bibliogr. p. 303-311. Index
Résumé
La 4e de couv. indique : 'Highlife Giants is an intimate portrait of the pioneering artistes of West Africa’s music scene from the 1920s onwards. It contains interviews with stars such as E.T Mensah, Kofo Ghanaba, King Bruce, Bobby Benson, Victor Uwaifo, and Ignace De Souza revealing priceless behind-the-scenes moments such as Louis Armstrong giving Eddie Okonta a trumpet with a golden mouthpiece after seeing him perform. Highlife Giants charts the development of this rich and varied popular form which is hugely influential on contemporary West African music from Afrobeat to hiplife. Blending European and African-American styles with traditional African patterns, highlife music contributed to the development of post-independence national identity in both Ghana and Nigeria. As such, highlife remains crucial in generating social commentary, protest and contributing to the formation of a pan-African musical identity.'