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Title Crossing Over Ghana Tape 6
Published Trinidad and Tobago : Banyan Archive, 1987

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Description 1 online resource (20 minutes)
Summary 00:00:00- Calypso musician, spoken word performer and composer Lancelot Layne and Ghanaian Highlife guitarist Koo Nimo (Daniel Amponsah) at Koo Nimo's house . Koo Nimo introduces Lancelot Layne to his music group (ADADAM AGOFOMMA) and explains the significance of the robes they wear and demonstrates a specific rhythm .(Techiman) Koo Nimo explains the use of the 'Talking Drum' Ghanaian Highlife guitarist Koo Nimo explains how important proverbs are to the traditional music and songs.He demonstrates. calypso musician, spoken word performer and composer Lancelot Layne joins with percussion 00:03:06- Ghanaian Highlife guitarist Koo Nimo (Daniel Amponsah) and calypso musician, spoken word performer and composer Lancelot Layne move to another section of the music group (ADADAM AGOFOMMA) to demonstrate another traditional rhythm. Individual instruments start and join in 00:05:46- calypso musician, spoken word performer and composer Lancelot layne comments on Ghanaian Highlife guitarist Koo Nimo's Kente cloth robes and Koo Nimo explains its meaning. He explains the rhythm they will demonstrate (Apente) and the band demonstrates the rhythm 00:08:36- Ghanaian Highlife guitarist Koo Nimo asks calypso musician, spoken word performer and composer Lancelot Layne how he enjoyed the concert he attended the night before and Lancelot layne responds. (three takes)Lancelot thought aspects of the concert denigrates the traditions of Africa 00:11:24- Ghanaian Highlife guitarist Koo Nimo explains the aims of his group to teach the youth not to despise their traditions and introduces two rhythms as demonstration
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed September 17, 2021)
In English
Form Streaming video
Author Layne, Lancelot, speaker
(1934), Koo Nimo, speaker
Adadam Agofomma