Female voices from an Ewe dance-drumming community in Ghana

Description:

A detailed ethnography of a group of female musicians from the Dzigbordi community dance-drumming club from the rural town of Dzodze, located in South-Eastern Ghana. Dzigbordi was specifically chosen because of the author's long association with the group members, and because it is part of a genre known as adekede, or female songs of redress, where women musicians critique gender relations in society. Burns uses audio and video interviews, recordings of rehearsals and performances and detailed collaborative analyses of song texts, dance routines and performance practice to address important methodological shifts in ethnomusicology that outline a more humanistic perspective of music cultures.

subjects: Dzigbordi Habo̳bo̳,  Ewe (African people),  History and criticism,  Music,  Social aspects,  Social aspects of Music,  Women musicians,  Music, social aspects,  Music, history and criticism,  Music, african,  Dance,  Schlagzeugerin,  Schlagzeugmusik,  Volksmusik,  Volkstanz,  Musikgruppe,  Ewe (folk),  Musik,  Historia,  Sociala aspekter,  Kvinnliga musiker,  Éwé (Peuple d'Afrique),  Musique,  Histoire et critique,  Aspect social,  Musiciennes,  Instruction & Study,  Voice,  Lyrics,  Printed Music,  Vocal

Places: Dzodze,  Ghana