Ghanaian Women Enter into Popular Entertainment

Abstract

This article discuses the problems faced by West African and particularly Ghanaian female popular performers and the various factors that have, since the 1960's led to increasing numbers of women entering the professional theatre and the commercial entertainment industry. The study examines the upsurge of female popular artists since the 1960's by focusing on four major causes. The impact of black and white foreign stars; the effect of post independence government policies; aspects of the traditional ethos that have helped rather than hindered women; and the importance of the churches as an avenue for musical women.


(Humanities Review Journal: 2003 3(1): 1-10)