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Contents Acknowledgments ix Ethnomusicology Multimedia Series Preface xiii Introduction: The Historical Importance of Urban Ghana’s Saturday Nights 1 1 Popular Music, Political Authority, and Social Possibilities in the Southern Gold Coast, 1890–1940 31 2 The Making of a Middle Class: Urban Social Clubs and the Evolution of Highlife Music, 1915–1940 67 3 The Friction on the Floor: Negotiating Nightlife in Accra, 1940–1960 100 4 “The Highlife Was Born in Ghana”: Politics, Culture, and the Making of a National Music, 1950–1965 147 5 “We Were the Ones Who Composed the Songs”: ThePromisesandPitfallsofBeingaBandsman,1945–1970 183 Epilogue 224 Glossary 231 Notes 233 Discography 279 Bibliography 289 Index 311 This page intentionally left blank ...

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