Bikutsi - A Beti Dance Music on the Rise, 1970–1990 - Anja Brunner
Performing Beti "Village" Music: The Bikutsi of Les Vétérans
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
Les Vétérans are the most important music group in the 1980s concerning the development of bikutsi on electric guitars. Chapter 6 discusses their performances and music, thereby presenting the highly relevant concept of animation (fr.) for popular dance music in Cameroon. Furthermore, this chapter introduces and discusses the role of the specific cultural intermediaries who enabled the music group’s success.