World Music: A Stimulus to Ghanaian Tourism, Education and ‗Cross-Over‘ Musical Collaborations

Abstract

This article is based on a paper read at a Colloquium on Globalisation and the Humanities, Faculty of Arts University of Ghana, Legon, 5-6th May, 2004. It looks at the reasons for the growth of international interest in African music since the 1980s – as part of the emergence of the so-called „World Music‟ phenomenon. It then turns specifically to Ghana and presents ways these developments positively impact on the local tourist industry, the educational sector and in the area of cross-over musical collaborations between Ghanaian and foreign artists.