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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} the Ashanti Doll by Francis Bebey Bebey, Francis Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Ashanti Doll by Francis Bebey Bebey, Francis. Bebey, Francis — (15 jul. 1929, Douala, Camerún–28 may. 2001, París, Francia). Escritor y cantautor francés nacido en Camerún. Después de estudiar en París y Nueva York, se estableció en París en 1960. Realizó trabajos de investigación y documentación de música… … Enciclopedia Universal. Bebey — Francis Bebey (* 15. Juli 1929 in Douala, Kamerun; † 28. Mai 2001 in Paris) war ein französischer Musiker und Schriftsteller kamerunischer Herkunft. Leben Bebey verbrachte seine Kindheit in Kamerun, kam aber zusammen mit seiner Familie später… … Deutsch Wikipedia. Francis — Francis. Asteroide nº. 2050 de la serie (1974 KA), descubierto el 28 de mayo de 1974 por Eleanor Francis Helin desde Monte Palomar. La descubridora lo nombró en honor de sus padres Fred y Kay Francis. Lista de asteroides * * * Francis, turbina *… … Enciclopedia Universal. Bebey — (Francis) (né en 1929) écrivain et chanteur musicien camerounais. Romans: le Fils d Agatha Moudio (1967), le Ministre et le griot (1992); essai: Musique de l Afrique (1969); poésie: Concert pour un vieux masque (1980) … Encyclopédie Universelle. Francis — /fran sis/, n. a male given name: from an Old French word meaning Frenchman. * * * (as used in expressions) Abbott George Francis Adams Charles Francis Bacon Francis Viscount St. Albans Bacon Francis Bayard Thomas Francis Beaumont Francis Bebey… … Universalium. Francis Bebey — (* 15. Juli 1929 in Douala, Kamerun; † 28. Mai 2001 in Paris) war ein französischer Musiker und Schriftsteller kamerunischer Herkunft. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Werke 2.1 Literatur deutsch … Deutsch Wikipedia. Francis Bebey — Francis Bebey, né à Douala en 1929, mort le 28 mai 2001, est un artiste camerounais. Francis Bebey fut tout d abord journaliste de radio en Afrique et en France (à Radio France Internationale), puis rattaché à l UNESCO comme directeur du… … Wikipédia en Français. Francis Bebey — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Francis Bebey (15 de julio, 1929, Duala 28 de mayo, 2001, París) fue un escritor, periodista y cantautor camerunés.[1] Después de haber estudiado en París y Nueva York, se asentó en la ciudad luz en 1960. Trabajó… … Wikipedia Español. Francis Bebey — (1929–2001) was a Cameroonian artist, musician, and writer. Bebey was born in 1929 in Douala, Cameroon. He attended the Sorbonne and Paris, France, and received further education in the United States. In 1957, Bebey moved to Ghana at the… … Wikipedia. Republik Kamerun — République du Cameroun (frz.) Republic of Cameroon (engl.) Republik Kamerun … Deutsch Wikipedia. Francis Bebey. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Francis Bebey , (born July 15, 1929, Douala, Cameroon—died May 28, 2001, Paris, France), Cameroonian-born writer, guitarist, and composer, one of the best-known singer-songwriters of Africa. He is sometimes called the father of world music. Bebey began performing with a band while a teenager in Cameroon. In the mid-1950s he traveled to Paris to study at the Sorbonne, and during this time he was influenced by classical guitarist Andrés Segovia. After attending New York University, Bebey in 1960 settled in Paris, where he worked on several radio stations and was later hired by UNESCO to research and document traditional African music. Bebey continued composing his own music, gaining notice for his poetic lyrics and expressive voice. By 1967 he had made several recordings and had performed in New York City and Paris as well as in Africa. Highly experimental, Beby often incorporated Latin American, Western, and African sounds into his music. His numerous recordings include Akwaaba (1985), Amaya (1987), and Dibiye (1998). Bebey was also a noted writer, and his first novel, Le Fils d’Agatha Moudio ( Agatha Moudio’s Son , 1971), was published in 1967. Critics found the work a carefully constructed masterpiece of burlesque, and it won the Grand Prix Littéraire de l’Afrique Noire. The following year Embarras et Cie: nouvelles et poèmes (nine short stories, each accompanied by a poem) was published. Bebey claimed that his wide experience as a radio broadcaster affected the style of his stories, which he directed toward hearers rather than readers. His later works include La Poupée Ashanti (1973; The Ashanti Doll ) and Le Roi Albert d’Effidi (1973; King Albert ). Bebey also wrote a book on broadcasting in Africa and two books on African music, notably African Music: A People’s Art (1975, reprinted 1992). THE ASHANTI DOLL. The crosscurrents of this street fair of African (Ghanian) romance are conducted through a dialogue that crackles with all the stylistic fillips, soaring attacks, and counterattacks of people both innocent and wise, ardent and coolly pragmatic. The Ashanti Doll is beautiful Edna, groomed for the ancient and honorable vocation of Accra Market Woman by stout-hearted Mom, her grandmother, to whom the Association of Market Women turns for leadership. A demonstration is obviously called for when a fellow Market Woman's permit is revoked bemuse her kinsman is a member of the opposition in Parliament. Joyfully, the women march on the center of power: ""This is how Africa moves, with an insane desire to make any occasion into a moment to live."" When Edna impulsively plunges into gunfire, she is wounded. But, as Edna's adopted mother, Aunt Princess, reminds Mom, Edna's sacrifice cannot be compared to the Ultimate: ""[Jesus] knew perfectly well. that he would be resurrected, whereas if my daughter dies for the sake of Mrs. Amiofi's permit, well, we'll never see her again."" But of more import to illiterate Edna is her marriage proposal from handsome government official Scio, who, in besotted adoration, praises the very ""ignarance"" that will guide him ""like a blind man traveling by instinct along a marvelous path that he neither sees nor knows."" The author's humor tickles like a summer breeze: ""A good bicycle should always break down when it is at rest, preferably in a locked room"" or ""Presentiment is the wretched shell surrounding optimism."" Although Ghanian politicians catch a full satiric draft, the author, whose previous novel, Agatha Moudio's Son, had some notice, is mainly concerned with vital people leading their lives at optimum fever and flourish. Francis Bebey 1929 – 2001. Cameroonian-born Francis Bebey (pronounced bay-BAY) was a man of many talents. He rose through the ranks of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to become head of the music department at the Information Services branch in Paris. At the same time, Bebey published poetry and novels and a seminal study of western African music. Bebey, an accomplished guitarist, baritone, and composer, also performed African-inspired music at venues worldwide and made more than a dozen recordings. His musical activities helped preserve and disseminate African-inspired music and earned him the sobriquet “ Father of World Music. ” The son of a Christian minister, Francis Bebey was born on July 15, 1929, near Douala, Cameroon, which was then a French and British protectorate. He grew up learning the French language and western musical traditions in school. As a youth Bebey sampled the accordion, violin, piano, and mandolin before settling by age nine on the guitar. Though he learned western music, Bebey was also attracted to the village shaman, an elderly man who played an old harp, a mouth-bow, and intoned ancient chants in the native language, Douala. While the Christian elders of the village believed the man to be in league with the devil, “ to me he represented something else, ” Bebey told Jason Berry of New Orleans Magazine , “ the reality of Africa, the importance of the past. ” Thus Bebey embraced his native music, cherishing and working to preserve it throughout his life. As a teenager living in the capital city of Douala, Bebey played guitar and drums with a popular Cameroonian dance band and became acquainted with such international musical styles as AfroCuban and American swing and jazz. Bebey won a scholarship to study languages at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he also studied literature and discovered the works of Cameroonian novelists Ferdinand Oyono and Mongo B é ti. While in Paris, he became inspired by the classical guitar music of Spanish virtuoso Andres Segovia and tried to emulate his ability to create many different sounds with the guitar. By the end of the 1950s, Bebey was a radio journalist/producer with Radiodiffusion Outre-Mer (now Radio-France Internationale) in Paris and the leader of a Parisian jazz band. When he moved to the United States in 1958 to study mass communications at New York University, Bebey continued his musical career, composing guitar music. Upon his return to Paris three years later, he helped create a radio station in Ghana and became the host of the popular radio program “ Jazz Train ” at Radiodiffusion Outre-Mer. Bebey then began researching and tracking traditional African music for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), traveling around sub-Saharan Africa to make field recordings of native music. While working as a program specialist for UNESCO, Bebey realized that there was no literature on the history of radio in Africa. He filled the gap himself, writing his first book La Radiodiffusion en Afrique Noire , published in 1963. At a Glance … Born on July 15, 1929, in Douala, Cameroon; died on May 28 , 2001, in Paris, France; married Jacqueline Edinguele, August 14, 1956; children: Eyidi, Christiane, Fanta, Francis, Patrick. Education: Sorbonne, Paris, France; New York University, Religion: Protestant. Career; Radiodiffusion Outre-mer, Paris, France, radio producer and journalist, 1957-61; UNESCO, Paris, program specialist, 1961-74; freelance writer, musicologist, concert guitarist, composer, 1963-2001. Membership: Cercle Renaissance, Association des Ecrivains de Langue Fran ç aise, Soci é t é des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique (S.A.C.E.M.).
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