The Music Behavior in Dagaba Immigrants in Tarkwa, Ghana: A Study of Situational Change
Examines the utility of "situational change" as a tool for explaining the extent to which rural music may be transformed when its performers migrate and adjust to an urban environment. The focus is on Dagaba music as it is performed in Tarkwa, a gold-mining town in Ghana. There is no correlation between the considerable changes in the social situation and changes in the music behavior of the Dagaba in Tarkwa. The study examines those factors that have enabled Dagaba in Tarkwa to maintain their rural musical traditions with minimal changes despite the changes in their social situation. [RILM]
