Book of Donmon Teith

Introducing the development of West African popular music, this text begins with a discussion of the early Highlife bands. It then traces the growth and diversi

Highlife Music in West Africa is an excursion into the origins and development of an extraordinary music form. Highlife music is essentially an urban music, but

This book introduces the musical traditions of West Africa and discusses the diversity, motifs, and structure of West African music within the larger patterns o

Exploring the origins, organization, subject matter, and performance contexts of singers and singing, Women's Songs from West Africa expands our understanding o