ETHNOMUS 25 Lecture 4: Lecture 4- Ghana and Rocky Dawuni
5 Oct 2016
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Trade and migration: liberian sailors moving up and down the coast; brought records, guitars, playing techniques; very influential in the formation of guitar music along the west african coast. Cultural transformations through the trans-atlantic slave trade. French and british saw the african continent as easy pickings, an easy opportunity to expand their land and culture globally. Ca. late 19th c. early 20th: kru mariners of liberia. 1930s: palmwine and related guitar genres: ex. Nana ampadu, ebi te yie (1967: indirection, akan storytelling style. Gyedu-blay ambolley, simigwa do (1973: ambiguity fuels circulation, use of kpanlogo rhythm. Ghana soldiers brought back all the current music that you couldn"t find anywhere in the country because they were deployed to area between egypt and israel, which had a lot of american music. Alpha blondy brigadier sabari : took entire of west africa by storm.
