Ammasu – More Drumming
Ammasu Akapoma Group
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“In this digital-only album you will find more drumming music”
Extra material from the musical portrait of the Village of Ammasu
A musical portrait of the Village of Ammasu in the Brong-Ahafu region of Ghana with a 28 page booklet with texts and pictures.
Extra material from the musical portrait of the Village of Ammasu in the Brong-Ahafu region of Ghana with a 28 page booklet with texts and pictures. The Ammasu Akapoma Band is the hottest funeral band in the region. On this album you will find more recordings of ritual and recreational drumming.
Here is the album booklet and Prudence’s story about Ammasu:
“Ammasu – an anthropological narrative” by Prudence Woodford-Berger
Atumpan making in Ghana 1976
Tracks
1 Akapuma alt 1
2 Fontomfrom alt
3 Fontomfrom 2
4 Fontomfrom 3
5 Fontomfrom 4
6 Denseou
7 Akapuma alt 2
Musicians
The Ammasu Akapoma Group featuring Ahenkaan, Kwame Yeboah, Kofi Boanu et al
More info
There are four albums in all from Ammasu:
Apart from The Music of Ammasu (ce07) with a broad portrait of music in the village, three more mp3-only albums from Ammasu have been released:
cex06 The Music of Ammasu – more drumming
cex07 The Music of Ammasu – more singing
cex08 The Music of Ammasu – analytical drumming
Download the CE07 booklet as pdf.
If you print a physical from your download, here is a pocket for the cd.
Reviews from Songlines and The Wire
Some photos
