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The Sahelian factor in the contemporary idioms of music-making in Dagbon of northern Ghana

Dominik Phyfferoen (UGent)
(2024) The GLOCAL AFALA 2023, the African Assembly on Linguistic Anthropology 2023, Conference proceedings papers. In The GLOCAL conference proceedings p.307-310
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In this paper, we present the theoretical model of the Sahelian factor in the music and dance of Northern Ghana. The Sahelian factor is a research model that functions as an imaginary filter to approach our field materials and contains key components from our audiovisual field data. The Sahelian factor disconnects music-making from the phenomenon of local languages and ethnicities in this part of Africa. The model shows that the prevailing ethnolinguistic anthropological classification of languages in Northern Ghana cannot be fully applied to the classification and division of music and dance cultures in the area. The traditional model of dividing musical cultures based on tribal groups and local ethnicities is no longer sufficient to fully capture the current dynamics of music-making in the Sudanic Savannah Belt of Northern Ghana.
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Ethnomusicology, African Studies, The Sahelian Factor in Music

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Phyfferoen, Dominik. “The Sahelian Factor in the Contemporary Idioms of Music-Making in Dagbon of Northern Ghana.” The GLOCAL AFALA 2023, the African Assembly on Linguistic Anthropology 2023, Conference Proceedings Papers, edited by Michael Hadzantonis, GLOCAL, 2024, pp. 307–10.
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Phyfferoen, D. (2024). The Sahelian factor in the contemporary idioms of music-making in Dagbon of northern Ghana. In M. Hadzantonis (Ed.), The GLOCAL AFALA 2023, the African Assembly on Linguistic Anthropology 2023, Conference proceedings papers (pp. 307–310). London: GLOCAL.
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Phyfferoen, Dominik. 2024. “The Sahelian Factor in the Contemporary Idioms of Music-Making in Dagbon of Northern Ghana.” In The GLOCAL AFALA 2023, the African Assembly on Linguistic Anthropology 2023, Conference Proceedings Papers, edited by Michael Hadzantonis, 307–10. London: GLOCAL.
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Phyfferoen, Dominik. 2024. “The Sahelian Factor in the Contemporary Idioms of Music-Making in Dagbon of Northern Ghana.” In The GLOCAL AFALA 2023, the African Assembly on Linguistic Anthropology 2023, Conference Proceedings Papers, ed by. Michael Hadzantonis, 307–310. London: GLOCAL.
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Phyfferoen D. The Sahelian factor in the contemporary idioms of music-making in Dagbon of northern Ghana. In: Hadzantonis M, editor. The GLOCAL AFALA 2023, the African Assembly on Linguistic Anthropology 2023, Conference proceedings papers. London: GLOCAL; 2024. p. 307–10.
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D. Phyfferoen, “The Sahelian factor in the contemporary idioms of music-making in Dagbon of northern Ghana,” in The GLOCAL AFALA 2023, the African Assembly on Linguistic Anthropology 2023, Conference proceedings papers, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2024, pp. 307–310.
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