RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 “Kekeli Nedo!”
JF Ghana Studies
JO Gha Stu
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 70
OP 92
DO 10.3368/gs.20.1.70
VO 20
IS 1
A1 Eyram Fiagbedzi
YR 2017
UL https://gs.uwpress.org/gs.uwpress.org/content/20/1/70.abstract
AB The church as an institution in Ghana has and continues to play significant roles in the social, cultural, and religious lives of Ghanaians. With regard to musical practices in Ghana, the church’s influence cannot be over emphasized. The churches’ philosophies, modes of worship, and musical traditions have all influenced music performance within both religious and nonreligious spaces in Ghana. Drawing on an array of published studies, song texts, interviews, and ethnographic explorations, this article surveys the three dominant types of Christian churches in Ghana and their attendant musical traditions in broad terms in order to expose the significant impact the church has had on popular musical practices in Ghana.