This paper, based on empirical research using Axim as a case study, looks at the changing role of women in the area of court music. It explores the genesis, dynamics and challenges of women in drumming in Axim. The methodology for the study is based on participant observation and interviews conducted during fieldwork between 2001 and the early part of 2007, in Axim in the Western Region of Ghana. The structure of the work is in four parts, as follows: i. the evolution of chieftaincy in Ghana, ii. male dominance of state drumming and beliefs about menstrual blood, iii. women's incursions into state drumming, and iv. conclusion.Fondé sur une recherche empirique en utilisant Axim comme un exemple, cet article met en évidence l'implication prog...
Muslim communities in West Africa provide a unique space for conducting research on musical cultures...
The major purpose for this study was to examine gender involvement in instrument playing in The Salv...
Even though Ghana is generally considered as one of the most peaceful countries on the African conti...
The aim of this paper is to determine whether or not female drummers are becoming a part of the trad...
The aim of this paper is to determine whether or not female drummers are becoming a part of the trad...
Chronic unemployment and decreased agricultural production over the last two decades have left an in...
327 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000.Chapter I provides the histor...
Drums have been a vital part of African traditions and celebrations for thousands of years. They pla...
327 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000.Chapter I provides the histor...
The paper reports an ethnographic study of music making and ban on drumming among the Winneba people...
This paper deals with one aspect of Nzema Ayabomo songs. It examines women's discourse on the theme ...
Drumming is widely enjoyed in all Akan communities of the Gold Coast, but unlike singing, the perfor...
This essay analysed the legal restrictions imposed on women by the 2017 Burundian Decree No. 100/196...
What is the impact of a matriarchal tradition and the tradition of an African queenmothership on the...
This essay analysed the legal restrictions imposed on women by the 2017 Burundian Decree No. 100/196...
Muslim communities in West Africa provide a unique space for conducting research on musical cultures...
The major purpose for this study was to examine gender involvement in instrument playing in The Salv...
Even though Ghana is generally considered as one of the most peaceful countries on the African conti...
The aim of this paper is to determine whether or not female drummers are becoming a part of the trad...
The aim of this paper is to determine whether or not female drummers are becoming a part of the trad...
Chronic unemployment and decreased agricultural production over the last two decades have left an in...
327 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000.Chapter I provides the histor...
Drums have been a vital part of African traditions and celebrations for thousands of years. They pla...
327 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000.Chapter I provides the histor...
The paper reports an ethnographic study of music making and ban on drumming among the Winneba people...
This paper deals with one aspect of Nzema Ayabomo songs. It examines women's discourse on the theme ...
Drumming is widely enjoyed in all Akan communities of the Gold Coast, but unlike singing, the perfor...
This essay analysed the legal restrictions imposed on women by the 2017 Burundian Decree No. 100/196...
What is the impact of a matriarchal tradition and the tradition of an African queenmothership on the...
This essay analysed the legal restrictions imposed on women by the 2017 Burundian Decree No. 100/196...
Muslim communities in West Africa provide a unique space for conducting research on musical cultures...
The major purpose for this study was to examine gender involvement in instrument playing in The Salv...
Even though Ghana is generally considered as one of the most peaceful countries on the African conti...