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Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Vonania Flute and Drum Ensemble (performer); Connelly, William Alban Ayipaga (performer); Akansimse (performer); Koetting, James Thomas, 1939- (performer)
Extent:: 1 mp3 (04:25)

Abstract:: This is one of numerous jongo songs played for Koetting by musicians from the Vonania group in northern Ghana. The song states, "as the newly married women is in the house, cattle will soon be in the house". In recording this track, Koetting used a hand-held microphone to spotlight individual parts.
Notes:: Instrumentation: spoken word, wui (3), voices (3); Place of recording: Navrongo; Performance history: performance/demonstration; Tape location: Reel 035, Track 07

"Anu ke belo so fi naane" (1974). James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:146553/

James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

The James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings collection presents a vibrant mix of traditional and popular music recorded at a broad range of locations and events in Ghana during the 1970s by ethnomusicologist James Koetting. Students and researchers can hear online …

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