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Highlife Giants: West African Dance Band Pioneers
John Collins
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Description for Highlife Giants: West African Dance Band Pioneers
Paperback. Highlife Giants is an intimate portrait of the pioneering artistes of West Africa's vibrant music scene from the 1920s onwards. It is packed full of inside information from stars including E.T Mensah, Kofo Ghanaba, King Bruce, Bobby Benson, Victor Uwaifo, and Ignace De Souza. BIC Classification: 1HFD; AVGW; AVRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 217 x 29. Weight in Grams: 374.
As West Africa's oldest form of popular music, Highlife was the soundtrack of the independence era and its influence still resonates widely today. Highlife Giants is an intimate portrait of the pioneering artistes of West Africa's vibrant music scene from the 1920s onwards. It is packed full of inside information from interviews with stars including E.T Mensah, Kofo Ghanaba, Bobby Benson and Ignace De Souza, revealing priceless behind-the-scene moments such as Louis Armstrong giving Eddie Okonta a trumpet with a golden mouthpiece after seeing him perform. Together with an illuminating account of Highlife's instruments, rhythms and influences, Highlife Giants comprehensively ... Read more
As West Africa's oldest form of popular music, Highlife was the soundtrack of the independence era and its influence still resonates widely today. Highlife Giants is an intimate portrait of the pioneering artistes of West Africa's vibrant music scene from the 1920s onwards. It is packed full of inside information from interviews with stars including E.T Mensah, Kofo Ghanaba, Bobby Benson and Ignace De Souza, revealing priceless behind-the-scene moments such as Louis Armstrong giving Eddie Okonta a trumpet with a golden mouthpiece after seeing him perform. Together with an illuminating account of Highlife's instruments, rhythms and influences, Highlife Giants comprehensively ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cassava Republic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
373g
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781911115298
SKU
V9781911115298
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About John Collins
Professor John Collins is a naturalized Ghanaian of British descent who came to Ghana in 1952. He is a guitarist, harmonica player and percussionist and has worked and recorded with numerous Ghanaian & Nigerian bands. In the 1970s he had his own Bokoor Band and since 1982 has been running Bokoor Recording Studio near Accra. Collins has also written numerous ... Read more
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