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Ewe Music of Ghana

Various Artists
Ewe Music of Ghana

Among the Ewe of southeast Ghana, drummers must also be proficient dancers, and dancers are often required to become musicians as well. As evidenced on this recording, Ewe instrumentation is largely percussion-based and includes talking drum, double or single gong, and gourd rattle played in complex, polyrhythmic patterns. Instrumentation varies depending on the nature of the occasion (festival, funeral, etc). Liner notes include further cultural commentary from Seth Ladzekpo, the former drum-and-dance instructor at the Ghana Institute for Art and Culture.

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Track Listing

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101
Ewe percussionists, Anyako
02:09
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102
Ewe singer and percussionist, Anyako
03:43
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103
Ewe singer and percussionist, Anyako
03:45
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104
Ewe singer and percussionist, Anyako
01:53
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105
Ewe singers and percussionists, Anyako
03:02
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106
Ewe singers and percussionists, Anyako
07:17
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201
Ewe singers and percussionists, Anyako
06:51
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202
Ewe singers and percussionists, Anyako
07:06
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203
Ewe singers and percussionists, Anyako
06:59