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

101	Yewe Cult Dance - Husago	Ewe musicians, dancers	02:09
102	Funeral Dirge - The Warrior's House Has Become Empty	Ewe musicians, dancers	03:43
103	Kpegisu Dance	Ewe musicians, dancers	03:45
104	Ga Dance - I Will Show My Bravery on the Muzzles of a Gun	Ewe musicians, dancers	01:53
105	Gadzo Dance - Kayiboe, the Child Is Not Matured	Ewe musicians, dancers	03:02
106	Atsiagbekor Dance - If It Comes to Fighting with Guns	Ewe musicians, dancers	07:17
201	Brittania Hatsiatsia Songs	Ewe musicians, dancers	06:51
202	Adzida Hatsiatsia Songs	Ewe musicians, dancers	07:06
203	Afawu-Adzida	Ewe musicians, dancers	06:59