Friday, May 7, 2010
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Calabash Music from Ghana by Koo Nimo
Sorry, having technical difficulties with this page. Check out later for sample music
Monday, August 31, 2009
Rhythmic Compositions by Ethnomusicology class of 2009
Click on link to listen to sample rhythm compositions we came up with as a class:
http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/GhanaDocs/ProfAnkuCompositions2009/
http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/GhanaDocs/ProfAnkuCompositions2009/
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Life in Ghana
Pictures speak a thousand words... Check out the site later for more pictures of my immersion in Ghana
Village inthe outskirts of Tamale, Northern Ghana
STreets in Tamale, Northern Ghana
Village in Northern Ghana
Display of processed shea butter
Ellis, Deidre n Erica at shea butter workshop
Women at local shea butter demonstrating how the nut is processed
Catholic Guest house in Tamale where we stayed
Ellis, Kathy n Derek in group photo
Catholic Guets house in Tamale, Northern Ghana hwere we stayed 4 3days
Catholic Guets house in Tamale, Northern Ghana hwere we stayed 4 3days
Local women at the youth home, Tamale, Northern Ghana
Group picture Ethno class of 2009 in Tamale
Heather getting the attention of a kid at teh Youth home, Tamale
Children at the Youth home in Tamal
North contryside
North Contryside
Northern Ghana Contryside
Northern Ghana contryside
Exchanging clothes 4 traditional regalia with a local vendor at Frank David hotel, Kumasi
Derek trying to pimp it up
Derek muscling up
Aburi Gardens in the Eastern Region: Beautiful
Eastern Region mountains enroute to main highway bound 4 kumasi
Life in Kumasi, 2nd largest city in Ghana
laborers using cutlass to mow garden
students walking in the cold mroning at Aburi Garden
Cocoa pod 4 those who dont know
Info on cocoa
Class session on campus
class session on campus: open air cuz it wasnt cool learning drumming and dancing inside
class session
class session
Derek teh amazing drummer lol
class section at the university
class section at the university
picture parade with local Buduburam Refugee Camp artists
picture parade with local Buduburam Refugee Camp artists
Buduburam Refugee camps artist from Liberia (launch of CD PROJECT BY uofa)
Ethno class on a breakie
University of Ghana Campus
University of Ghana Campus
University of Ghana Campus
labadi beach in Accra
jamestown beach
jamestown kids
kids in Jamestown
Ethno class getting to know kids of Jamestown
kids playing at Jmaestown fishing harbor
Women carrying fish at Jamestion fishing harbor
Beachfront beside independence square
The Black star: pride of Ghana
Heather trying fufu
More traditional symbols in Ghana
xylophone
W.E.B Dubois (Pan Africanist)
Adinkra symbol stools in Ghana
Gye Nyame symbol
Sankofa symbol
University Residence at the University of Ghana
Ethnomusicology class on lunchbreak
School kids at Bamaya Youth Club in Tamale, Northern Ghana
Aerial view of Kejetia Market in Kumasi (Second largest city)
Ethno Class of 2009 at Aburi Gardens
Kathy Playing xylophone
Ellis playin xylophone
Ethnomusicology girls at UofG
Picture of 1st President of Ghana: Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah
beachfront at kokrobite
Having local recipe at a chopbar in Osu, Ghana
Suburb of Legon, Accra
Students watching aerial view of Jamestown beach
Canoes at Kokrobite beach
Kokrobite beach
Kokrobite beach
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=7&aid=146019&id=508707386#/album.php?page=1&aid=146019&id=508707386
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=3730700&id=508707386&ref=mf
Local recipe in Ghana called 'Jollof Rice'
Local Beach at Big Millys in Kokrobite, Accra, Ghana
Buduburam Refugee Camp
Our Professor presenting a music info to local Buduburam Artists
Aerial View of Bududburam
School of African Studies at the University of Legon,Accra, Ghana
Taxi driver in Ghana
Conference room where we had our classes
Village inthe outskirts of Tamale, Northern Ghana
STreets in Tamale, Northern Ghana
Village in Northern Ghana
Display of processed shea butter
Ellis, Deidre n Erica at shea butter workshop
Women at local shea butter demonstrating how the nut is processed
Catholic Guest house in Tamale where we stayed
Ellis, Kathy n Derek in group photo
Catholic Guets house in Tamale, Northern Ghana hwere we stayed 4 3days
Catholic Guets house in Tamale, Northern Ghana hwere we stayed 4 3days
Local women at the youth home, Tamale, Northern Ghana
Group picture Ethno class of 2009 in Tamale
Heather getting the attention of a kid at teh Youth home, Tamale
Children at the Youth home in Tamal
North contryside
North Contryside
Northern Ghana Contryside
Northern Ghana contryside
Exchanging clothes 4 traditional regalia with a local vendor at Frank David hotel, Kumasi
Derek trying to pimp it up
Derek muscling up
Aburi Gardens in the Eastern Region: Beautiful
Eastern Region mountains enroute to main highway bound 4 kumasi
Life in Kumasi, 2nd largest city in Ghana
laborers using cutlass to mow garden
students walking in the cold mroning at Aburi Garden
Cocoa pod 4 those who dont know
Info on cocoa
Class session on campus
class session on campus: open air cuz it wasnt cool learning drumming and dancing inside
class session
class session
Derek teh amazing drummer lol
class section at the university
class section at the university
picture parade with local Buduburam Refugee Camp artists
picture parade with local Buduburam Refugee Camp artists
Buduburam Refugee camps artist from Liberia (launch of CD PROJECT BY uofa)
Ethno class on a breakie
University of Ghana Campus
University of Ghana Campus
University of Ghana Campus
labadi beach in Accra
jamestown beach
jamestown kids
kids in Jamestown
Ethno class getting to know kids of Jamestown
kids playing at Jmaestown fishing harbor
Women carrying fish at Jamestion fishing harbor
Beachfront beside independence square
The Black star: pride of Ghana
Heather trying fufu
More traditional symbols in Ghana
xylophone
W.E.B Dubois (Pan Africanist)
Adinkra symbol stools in Ghana
Gye Nyame symbol
Sankofa symbol
University Residence at the University of Ghana
Ethnomusicology class on lunchbreak
School kids at Bamaya Youth Club in Tamale, Northern Ghana
Aerial view of Kejetia Market in Kumasi (Second largest city)
Ethno Class of 2009 at Aburi Gardens
Kathy Playing xylophone
Ellis playin xylophone
Ethnomusicology girls at UofG
Picture of 1st President of Ghana: Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah
beachfront at kokrobite
Having local recipe at a chopbar in Osu, Ghana
Suburb of Legon, Accra
Students watching aerial view of Jamestown beach
Canoes at Kokrobite beach
Kokrobite beach
Kokrobite beach
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=7&aid=146019&id=508707386#/album.php?page=1&aid=146019&id=508707386
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=3730700&id=508707386&ref=mf
Local recipe in Ghana called 'Jollof Rice'
Local Beach at Big Millys in Kokrobite, Accra, Ghana
Buduburam Refugee Camp
Our Professor presenting a music info to local Buduburam Artists
Aerial View of Bududburam
School of African Studies at the University of Legon,Accra, Ghana
Taxi driver in Ghana
Conference room where we had our classes
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