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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Ethnomusicology multimedia series preface xiii
Introduction: The Historical Importance of Urban Ghana’s
Saturday Nights 1
1.
Popular Music, Political Authority, and Social Possibilities
in the Southern Gold Coast, 1890-1940 31
2.
The Making of a Middle Class: Urban Social Clubs and the
Evolution of Highlife Music, 1915-1940 67
3.
The Friction on the Floor: Negotiating Nightlife in
Accra, 1940-1960 100
4.
“The Highlife Was Born in Ghana”: Politics, Culture,
and the Making of a National Music, 1950-1965 147
5.
“We Were the Ones Who Composed the Songs”:
The Promises and Pitfalls of Being a Bandsman, 1945-1970 183
Epilogue 224
Glossary 231
Notes 233
Discography 279
Bibliography 289
Index 311