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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 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"--
Introduction. Putting Bikutsi in Context -- The Sound of YaoundeÌ? in the 1970s -- Women's Song-and-Dance-Pieces : The 'Original' Bikutsi -- Bikutsi on the MendzaÌ?nj : Dance Music on Xylophone Ensembles -- Musical Changes towards Beti Music by Modern Dance Bands in YaoundeÌ? in the 1970s -- Performing Beti 'Village' Music : The Bikutsi of Les VeÌ?teÌ?rans -- Bikutsi in the 1980s: Political Change, Diversification, the Use of TeÌ?leÌ?vision and Les TeÌ?tes BruleÌ?es -- Conclusion. Bikutsi Shifts.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196) and index.
Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2021.