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    The document announces a film screening and conversation with filmmaker Steven Feld at Sapienza University of Rome. The 53-minute film, titled "J.C. Abbey, Ghana's Puppeteer" documents the 50-year career of Ghanaian puppeteer J.C. Abbey. It shows 15 of his puppet shows performed in Ghanaian languages and accompanied by musicians. The marionettes perform ethnic songs and stories that illustrate the evolution of Ghanaian music from independence in 1957 to modern hiplife styles. The film reveals the cosmopolitan mix of ethnic, traditional, national and global musical influences in Ghana through Abbey's performances.

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    The document announces a film screening and conversation with filmmaker Steven Feld at Sapienza University of Rome. The 53-minute film, titled "J.C. Abbey, Ghana's Puppeteer" documents the 50-year career of Ghanaian puppeteer J.C. Abbey. It shows 15 of his puppet shows performed in Ghanaian languages and accompanied by musicians. The marionettes perform ethnic songs and stories that illustrate the evolution of Ghanaian music from independence in 1957 to modern hiplife styles. The film reveals the cosmopolitan mix of ethnic, traditional, national and global musical influences in Ghana through Abbey's performances.

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    The document announces a film screening and conversation with filmmaker Steven Feld at Sapienza University of Rome. The 53-minute film, titled "J.C. Abbey, Ghana's Puppeteer" documents the 50-year career of Ghanaian puppeteer J.C. Abbey. It shows 15 of his puppet shows performed in Ghanaian languages and accompanied by musicians. The marionettes perform ethnic songs and stories that illustrate the evolution of Ghanaian music from independence in 1957 to modern hiplife styles. The film reveals the cosmopolitan mix of ethnic, traditional, national and global musical influences in Ghana through Abbey's performances.

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    "Sapienza"

     Università  di  Roma  Facoltà  di  Lettere  e  Filosofia  


    Città  Universitaria,  Piazzale  Aldo  Moro  5  
    Aula "Pirrotta" di Storia della Musica; 4 ° piano
    Lunedi 9 Novembre, ore 11-13  

    FILM SCREENING AND CONVERSATION WITH FILMMAKER STEVEN FELD

    J.C. ABBEY, GHANA'S PUPPETEER


    53 minutes; in English, Ga, Twi, Ewe, and Fante with Italian subtitles

    J.C.ABBEY 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 mixes the styles of historical documentary and contemporary music video. Through
    the pleasures of performance it reveals the cosmopolitan politics that intertwine ethnic,
    traditional, national, and global musical styles in Ghana today.

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