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Africa Come Back The Popular Music of West Africa Digital Classics (Firm)

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Marks, Dennis, director.
Corke, Penny, producer.
Digital Classics (Firm)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
Series:
Repercussions
Repercussions: A Celebration of African-Influenced Music
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Music--African influences.
Music.
Music--Islamic influences.
Music--Africa.
Music--Ghana.
Ghana.
Genre:
Educational films
Internet videos
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file) sound, color
Other Title:
Popular Music of West Africa
Place of Publication:
New York, N.Y. Infobase [2013]
Language Note:
With optional closed-captions.
System Details:
digital
Summary:
Just as Africa has impacted the music of the Caribbean and the Americas, so has the New World reciprocated, strongly influencing the music of Africa. This program documents the history of the musical genre known as hi-life, from the sweet and melancholy sounds of palm wine guitar, to the plangent harmonies of nnwonkoro and the fierce polyrhythms of kpanlogo, to hi-life's contemporary place in world music. Performers include Koo Nimo, Segun Adewale and His Superstars International, Adinkra, Nana Ampadu and the African Brothers, Frankie Lane and Gifty Collins, and the Sunsum Band
Contents:
Food for the Soul (2:41)
Palm Wine Music (3:18)
West-African Hi-Life (2:03)
Nnwonkoro (3:59)
Kpanlogo (5:29)
Hi-Life Storytelling (4:29)
Ghanaian Hi-Life Music (4:55)
Sunsum Band (5:20)
Modernizing Hi-Life (3:01)
West African Dance Music (2:47)
Hi-Life in the U.K. (3:46)
Segun Adewale (4:19)
Prince of Juju Music (2:28)
Ampadu's Love Song (5:31)
Political Hi-Life (3:44)
Credits: Africa Come Back: The Popular Music of West Africa (1:27)
Notes:
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 24, 2013
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware
Title from distributor's description
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
Other Format:
Originally produced:
OCLC:
872343248
Publisher Number:
10515 Infobase
10508s Infobase
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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