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Title:Ghanaian Women Enter into Popular Entertainment
Author:Collins, JohnISNI
Year:2003
Periodical:Humanities Review Journal
Volume:3
Issue:1
Pages:1-10
Language:English
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:women writers
popular music
Labor and Employment
Women's Issues
Architecture and the Arts
Development and Technology
Politics and Government
Religion and Witchcraft
arts
Cultural Roles
Sex Roles
Abstract:This article discusses the problems faced by West African and particularly Ghanaian female popular performers and the various factors that have, since the 1960s, led to increasing numbers of women entering the professional theatre and the commercial entertainment industry. Until recently, women were not allowed to join concert parties and highlife groups in Ghana. Four major influences in particular have contributed to the upsurge of female popular artists since the 1960s: the impact of black and white foreign stars, the effect of postindependence government policies, aspects of the traditional ethos that have helped rather than hindered women, and the importance of the churches as an avenue for musical women. Bibliogr. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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