Female Song Tradition and the Akan of Ghana
Subtitle: The Creative Process in Nnwonkoro (Soas Musicology Series) (Soas Musicology Series) (Soas Musicology Series)
Edition: Har/Com edition
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: October 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780754631477
Subjects: Folk music; Theory of music & musicology; Vocal music; Ghana; Creation (Literary, artistic,; Biography / Autobiography; Music; History and criticism; Composers & Musicians - Country & Folk; Ethnic; Akan (African people); Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
First sentence: Nnwonkoro is a female song tradition confined to adult Akan women in Ghana who in the past sang to entertain themselves in the night when the moon shone bright in the sky.