J.C.ABBEY, GHANA’S PUPPETEER
documents an exceptional fifty-year artistic
career, from Accra’s streets to Ghana’s
villages to international TV. In fifteen
delightful puppet shows, Mr. Abbey is
joined by musicians Nii Noi Nortey and
Nii Otoo Annan and filmmakers Nii Yemo
Nunu and Steven Feld to chronicle Ghana's
music since independence in 1957. The
marionettes perform ethnic songs, dances
and stories, but equally the sounds of
highlife, Afro-jazz, Afro-rock, reggae, and
contemporary hiplife. This fifth feature in
the Jazz Cosmopolitanism in Accra series
reveals the cosmopolitan politics that
intertwine ethnic, traditional, national, and
global musical styles in Ghana today.
For further info, please contact gmj@mit.edu
