Bikutsi - A Beti Dance Music on the Rise, 1970–1990 - Anja Brunner
Bikutsi in the 1980s: Political Change, Diversification, the Use of Television, and Les Têtes Brulées
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
This chapter discusses how bikutsi became established within the musical, political and social landscape of Cameroon in the 1980s, when more and more singers take up Beti music in different ways. With a Beti becoming president, musicians also gained more media coverage and political support. The chapter focuses on the music of Ebogo Emerent and his moral version of bikutsi, and on the group Les Têtes Brulées with their remarkable performance strategy.