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 Ewe drum and dance ensemble, Anyako	02:09
102	Funeral Dirge Ewe drum and dance ensemble, Anyako	03:43
103	Kpegisu Ewe drum and dance ensemble, Anyako	03:45
104	Ga Dance Ewe drum and dance ensemble, Anyako	01:53
105	Gadzo Dance Ewe drum and dance ensemble, Anyako	03:02
106	Atsiagbekor Dance Ewe drum and dance ensemble, Anyako	07:17
201	Britannia Hatsiatsia Songs Ewe drum and dance ensemble, Anyako	06:51
202	Adzida Hatsiatsia Songs Ewe drum and dance ensemble, Anyako	07:06
203	Adzida-Afawu and Adzida Ewe drum and dance ensemble, Anyako	06:59