Bikutsi : a Beti dance music on the rise, 1970-1990 /
"This book offers the first ethnographically informed, in-depth historical study of the Cameroonian popular music genre bikutsi. The thriving dance music in Cameroon's day-to-day life has its foundation in the specific historical processes of the 1970s and 1980s, which led to the recogniti...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Sheffield ; Bristol, CT :
Equinox Publishing Ltd,
2021.
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| Series: | Transcultural music studies.
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| Summary: | "This book offers the first ethnographically informed, in-depth historical study of the Cameroonian popular music genre bikutsi. The thriving dance music in Cameroon's day-to-day life has its foundation in the specific historical processes of the 1970s and 1980s, which led to the recognition of bikutsi as a distinct genre of Cameroonian dance music. Examining these processes in detail, this book analyses the various factors involved in the rise of a popular music genre within a national music scene"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781781797853 1781797854 9781781797860 1781797862 |