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Collins, [Edmund] John:
Highlife Time.
Accra: Anamsesem Publications, 1994. xxii & 274 p.
ISBN 9988-552-03-3

CONTENTS

Introduction [ix]

Section One
Palmwine Highlife, Guitar Bands and Concert Parties [1]
Chapter 1
Kwaa Mensah and Sam:
The Grand Old Men of the Palmwine Guitar 2
Chapter 2
The Yaa Amponsah Story [9]
Chapter 3
The Concert Party Musician E. K. Nyame [12]
Chapter 4
The Falsetto Highlife Singer Kwabena Okai (Okine) 17
Chapter 5
Popular Theatre: The Jaguar Jokers Concert Party 20
Chapter 6
The Nigerian Musical Clown Ajax Bukana:
Ghana’s State Comedian 28
Chapter 7
Nana Ampadu (African Brothers), Pat Thomas and
A. B. Crentsil 34
Chapter 8
The Adom Professionals:
The Blind Concert Band of Ghana 36

Section Two
Ghanaian Highlife Dance Bands and their Musicians 41
Chapter  9
E. T. Mensah: The King of Dance Band Highlife 42
Chapter 10
The Tempos Band’s Travels in West Africa 47
Chapter 11
King Bruce and the Black Beats [59]
Chapter 12
The Benin Republic’s Ignace de Souza and
his Black Santiagos in Ghana 63
Chapter 13
Stan Plange of the Broadway and Uhuru’s Dance Bands 70
Chapter 14
Osibisa from Dance Band Highlife to Afro-Rock 78
Chapter 15
Kofi Ayivor: from Highlife to High-Tension Funk 84
Chapter 16
Gyedu Blay-Ambulley Blends Highlife and Pop 89

Section Three
Some Interactions between Highlife and New Folk Music 94
Chapter 17
Goombay, Gome and Asiko 95
Chapter 18
Akan Konkoma and Ewe Borborbor 98
Chapter 19
The Simpa Music of Dagbon 101
Chapter 20
The Ga Kpanlogo 105

Section Four
Back to the Roots 109
Chapter 21
Koo Nimo: Ghana’s Homeric Bard of Folk Highlife Guitar 110
Chapter 22
Kofi Ghanaba:
From Highlife and Jazz to the African Heritage 118
Chapter 23
Drum Communion:
Kofi Ghanaba, Bayo Martins and Remi Kabaka 125
Chapter 24
Wulomei and the Ga ‘Cultural Group’ Explosion 128
Chapter 25
Kwesi Asare:
Ghana’s Foreign Ambassador of Ritual Drumming 131

Section Five
Outside Influence and Resulting Musical Fusions 134
Chapter 26
Louis Armstrong in Ghana 135
Chapter 27
Pop Music and its Impact on Ghana 143
Chapter 28
Soul to Soul, FESTAC,
PANAFEST and the DuBois Centre 148
Chapter 29
Reggae, Afro-Reggae and Alpha Blondy 155

Section Six
Women on Stage and the Gospel Highlife Explosion 161
Chapter 30
Women Enter the Ghanaian Popular Music Field 162
Chapter 31
Problems Faced by a Concert Party Actress 166
Chapter 32
The Gospel Highlife of the Christo Asafo Church 171

Section Seven
Nigerian Highlife, Juju Music,
Afrobeat and other Popular Music Styles 175
Chapter 33
Yoruba Juju Music, Apala and Fuji 176
Chapter 34
Nigerian Highlife and the
Makossa of Neighbouring Cameroon 183
Chapter 35
The Bendel State Highlife of Sir Victor Uwaifo 188
Chapter 36
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: Nigeria’s controversial Afrobeat King 193
Chapter 37
Segun Bucknor and the Nigerian Pop Scene 202
Chapter 38
The Ozzidi, Afro-Reggae and
Afro-Disco of Sonny Okosun 208

Section Eight
The Popular Music of Sierra Leone and Liberia 214
Chapter 39
Maringa and the Popular Music of Sierra Leone 215
Chapter 40
The Sierra Leone Producer Akie Deen
and his Disco-Maringas and Discolypso 221
Chapter 41
Pop Profiles of Liberia 224

Section Nine
The Music Business 229
Chapter 42
The West African Recording and Music Business 230
Chapter 43
The Ghanaian and Nigerian Music Unions 237
Chapter 44
Essiebons productions:
The Roots to Fruits of Ghanaian Music 243
Chapter 45
‘F’ Promotions, the Napoleon Club and Hedzolleh 247
Chapter 46
King Bruce’s Views on the Popular Music Business 257
Chapter 47
African Feelings Productions:
Pan Africanist, Ghanaian Popular Music 262
Chapter 48
The Bokoor Sounds Music Company 266

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Table of Contents without page numbers. Numbers copied from book, when missing shown in square brackets.
Pages viii, 55-56, 59-60 and 60-61 blank in copy consulted.

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