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Highlife In The Ghanaian Music Scene: A Historical And Socio-Political Perspective, Micah Motenko
Highlife In The Ghanaian Music Scene: A Historical And Socio-Political Perspective, Micah Motenko
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I lived in the cities of Accra and Kumasi for a total of 30 days during the month of November, 2011. To achieve my research objectives, I used a combination of formal and informal interviews, participant observation, and non-participant observation. I interviewed 7 musicians and 1 professor/musician in Accra, as well as 1 musician, 1 CD shop owner, and 1 DJ in Kumasi, making a total of 11 interviews most of which I recorded. For my participant observation, I observed 4 concerts total in Accra, all consisting of a mixture of genres including Highlife and Gospel. I participated in 2 …