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...Whereas in much electronic music, rhythm provides a skeleton, for Jlin it is the heart. (Akoma means “heart” in Twi, a language widely spoken in Ghana.) “The original drum is the heartbeat,” she says....
...Other significant works of the period include Drumming, which was inspired by a trip to Ghana, and Clapping Music, a piece made by two people clapping their hands....
...Onipa — Akan for “human” — is at heart a collaboration between the Ghanaian-born, Sheffield-resident poet and singer Kweku Sackey, who performs as KOG, or Kweku of Ghana, and the British producer Tom Excell...
...Mostly raised in east London, he took up music as a child while living in Ghana, where his parents come from. He wanted to be a rapper but found he wasn’t good at it so switched to making beats....
...He begins in Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast and the first African country to shake off colonial rule, and tells the story of Kwame Nkrumah, a “freedom fighter, longtime resister” and Ghana’s first prime...
...Now African Head Charge return for their first album in 12 years and, again, Bolgatanga is in the title and throughout the music....
...Ghana, 1981. Oh, yes. It can vanish in a gunshot or a radio announcement that opens with 'fellow countrymen.' And just like that, dust clouds obscure the colours of daily life....
...While he was recovering he conceived “Mam Yinne Wa”, a song that became his calling card and ignited interest in the region’s Frafra gospel music....
...[MUSIC PLAYING] Michela Tindera Ghana defaulted on its debts last December....
...Drawing parallels with the highlife music that plays throughout the video, Turner points to the words of Ghana’s “king of highlife”, ET Mensah....
...edition in Portugal in 2019, Afro Nation has grown to become the world’s biggest festival for the burgeoning scene of Afrobeats as well as Amapiano, hip-hop, R&B and dancehall, with iterations popping up in Ghana...
...Today, a similar enterprising spirit underpins the spread of Afrobeats from Nigeria and Ghana to the rest of Africa, the diaspora and music charts across the globe....
...During a family trip to Ghana a few years ago, I tried sweet palm wine for the first time at a bar and decided to purchase a bottle....
...He and Del have places at university to study music. But for now, Stephen is “trying to make time soft-bodied, trying to bend and stretch and pull; trying to make this time last”....
...The British meanwhile, have an unusually uplifting ensemble of black music, film and sculptural installations....
...The Blue Mountain was known for its runaway or escaped slaves whose heritage descends from Ghana. Apparently one of my ancestors built the first bridge to cross the river....
...Palazzo Grassi Until 7 January 2024, pinaultcollection.com Todd Gray, On Point at Lehmann Maupin, London Todd Gray began working as a commercial music photographer at the age of 17, and by the time he...
...Name your favourite river.The Volta in Ghana. I like the community life along it. It’s beautiful, really peaceful — and respected. What would you have done differently?...
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