Bikutsi - A Beti Dance Music on the Rise, 1970–1990 - Anja Brunner
Musical Changes towards Beti Music by Modern Dance Bands in Yaoundé in the 1970s
Bikutsi - A Beti Dance Music on the Rise, 1970–1990 - Anja Brunner
Anja Brunner [+]
University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Anja Brunner is an ethnomusicologist at the Music and Minorities Research Center at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.
Description
The transition from rumba and merengue to Beti dances like elak in popular music in Cameroon is described in chapter 5 with a focus on the changes in musical and social features. The analysis of the song ‘Bekono Nga Nkonda,’ which is commonly positioned as the first “bikutsi” song on electric guitar, demonstrates several of these key features, leading to a discussion of the phenomenon of the “balafon guitar”.