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A lagi se nu

Description:: This jongo song was performed by the Vonania group in 1974.
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Vonania Flute and Drum Ensemble (performer); Connelly, William Alban Ayipaga (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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A ne ba donga bara

Description:: The song heard here is a continuation of 062-03 from this collection.
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Kayoro Flute and Drum Ensemble (Nima) (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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A nu to tiga na

Description:: The Kayoro group of Nima performed this jongo song in the Accra area, Ghana's capital.
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Kayoro Flute and Drum Ensemble (Nima) (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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A sinye pa gonga

Description:: Listen here to an example of jongo performed by the Kayoro group in Nima at a session in November, 1974.
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Kayoro Flute and Drum Ensemble (Nima) (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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Ajua mami kunununu

Description:: Here William Alban Ayipaga Connelly performs and discusses this song.
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Vonania Flute and Drum Ensemble (performer); Connelly, William Alban Ayipaga (performer); Dobson, Thomas (performer); Akansimse (performer); Koetting, James Thomas, 1939- (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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Angkara fella

Description:: This song, "A white man from Accra", was performed by the Vonania flute players in northern Ghana in 1974. Koetting observes that the musicians quickly …
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Vonania Flute and Drum Ensemble (performer); Connelly, William Alban Ayipaga (performer); Dobson, Thomas (performer); Akansimse (performer); Koetting, James Thomas, 1939- (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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Anu ke belo so fi naane

Description:: 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 …
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Vonania Flute and Drum Ensemble (performer); Connelly, William Alban Ayipaga (performer); Akansimse (performer); Koetting, James Thomas, 1939- (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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Aseju digi se na ba non

Description:: Koetting recorded four reels of jongo songs, performed by the Kayoro Group in Nima, in October, 1974.
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Kayoro Flute and Drum Ensemble (Nima) (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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Atia de Amo

Description:: Ayipaga, director and musician in the Vonania Flute and Drum Ensemble, translates the song title at the beginning of this track. The piece is cut …
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Vonania Flute and Drum Ensemble (performer); Connelly, William Alban Ayipaga (performer); Dobson, Thomas (performer); Akansimse (performer); Koetting, James Thomas, 1939- (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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Azaba gwa bam

Description:: Koetting recorded the Mayoro/Nima group's demonstration of the flute and vocal parts for the tune "Azaba gwa bam" on this track. The title of this …
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Mayoro Flute and Drum Ensemble (Nima) (performer); Donga (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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Ba n gwe sisenga

Description:: This track of jongo music features gullu--drums that are typically used in Accra in place of the kori, or calabash drums, common in the north. …
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Kayoro Flute and Drum Ensemble (Nima) (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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Ba n gwe sisenga

Description:: Here is an example of a jongo song by the Kayoro Baliu group in Ghana.
Year:: 1975
Contributor:: Kayoro Baliu Flute and Drum Ensemble (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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Ba n gwe siseya

Description:: Koetting recorded the flute parts of numerous jongo songs on reel tape 66.
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Kayoro Flute and Drum Ensemble (Nima) (performer); Wui Players (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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Badem n na yina

Description:: On this track Alban presents a song commonly used in jongo. The song is then represented in its typical arrangement--on three wui. Koetting uses a …
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Vonania Flute and Drum Ensemble (performer); Connelly, William Alban Ayipaga (performer); Dobson, Thomas (performer); Akansime (performer); Koetting, James Thomas, 1939- (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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Bana digi nyono

Description:: This jongo song, Bana digi nyono ba ba non son wuni, was recorded by Koetting in the Accra region during his dissertation field research in …
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Kayoro Flute and Drum Ensemble (Nima) (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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Bana ver ba bee Awaa bu

Description:: This is one of many jongo songs, played for Koetting during a recording session in 1975, that highlights jongo flute parts. The entire title noted …
Year:: 1975
Contributor:: Vonania Flute and Drum Ensemble (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

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Bawura ni wa di

Description:: These are two jongo songs, from the Kayoro Flute and Drum Ensemble in Nima, recorded in succession. The songs are listed in Koetting's field notebooks …
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Kayoro Flute and Drum Ensemble (Nima) (performer)
Collection:: Brown University Library; James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection