Drum Magazine social history photographs, Ghana edition 264

Should we knock the rock? Many West African youngsters are about Rock. It occupies much of their time and sometimes interferes with their school studies. Rock n' Roll; a harmless amusement, or a social nuisance? The craze is sweeping West Africa, will it get out of hand? Rock n' Roll is always good for and argument. There are always two sides. But in West Africa there is a special problem. Here Rock is becoming a craze, and in the process it is sweeping away our attempts to revive our traditional African art and culture. Rock is not naturally West African. It is not African at all.