Bikutsi

A Beti Dance Music on the Rise, 1970-1990

Anja Brunner (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

216 Seiten

2021
Equinox Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78179-785-3 (ISBN)

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This book offers the first ethnographically informed, in-depth historical study of the Cameroonian popular music genre bikutsi. The thriving dance music in Cameroon’s day-to-day life has its foundation in the specific historical processes of the 1970s and 1980s, which led to the recognition of bikutsi as a distinct genre of Cameroonian dance music. Examining these processes in detail, this book analyses the various factors involved in the rise of a popular music genre within a national music scene. The book begins by tracing the roots of bikutsi in the musical traditions of the ethnic groups of the Beti who live in and around Cameroon’s capital Yaoundé, as well as in the manifold popular dance music practices fashionable in mid-twentieth-century Cameroon. The volume then considers the musical work of successful groups and musicians, framing their musical practices and success within the socio-political circumstances, musical environment, and ambitions of individuals. Offering an explanation for the changes in Cameroon’s musical life, these analyses illustrate the interplay between the innovative ambitions of individual musicians, a specific political situation within the power structure of the post-colonial state, dedicated individuals in media and the music market, and technological changes in recording and disseminating music.

Anja Brunner is Senior Scientist at the Music and Minorities Research Center at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria.

Notes to the Reader
Acknowledgements / Remerciements
1 Introduction: Putting Bikutsi in Context
2 The Sound of Yaoundé in the 1970s
3 Women’s Song-and-Dance-Pieces: The ‘Original’ Bikutsi
4 Bikutsi on the Məndzáŋ: Dance Music on Xylophone Ensembles
5 Musical Changes towards Beti Music by Modern Dance Bands in Yaoundé in the 1970s
6 Performing Beti ‘Village’ Music: The Bikutsi of Les Vétérans
7 Bikutsi in the 1980s: Political Change, Diversification, the Use of Télévision and Les Têtes Brulées
8 Conclusion: Bikutsi Shifts

Erscheinungsdatum	02.09.2021
Reihe/Serie	Transcultural Music Studies
Zusatzinfo	29 figures
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	200 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-78179-785-4 / 1781797854
ISBN-13	978-1-78179-785-3 / 9781781797853
Zustand	Neuware