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Crossing Over Ghana Tape 6
performed by Adadam Agofomma (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 1987), 20 mins
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 rhy...
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performed by Adadam Agofomma (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 1987), 20 mins
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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 a...
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
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Date Written / Recorded
1987-11
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Adadam Agofomma
Author / Creator
Adadam Agofomma
Date Published / Released
1987
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Speaker / Narrator
Lancelot Layne, Koo Nimo, 1934-
Person Discussed
Lancelot Layne, Koo Nimo, 1934-
Topic / Theme
African Drumming, Ghanaians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1987. Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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