International records / UK National Archives

Lobi and Ewe music

POAAAM/3/1/6/1/1 | Paul Oliver Archive of African American Music.Audio and video material.Reel tape recordings.African music.Ghana field recordings. | Duration: 1:03:29 Field recordings of music of the Lobi and Ewe peoples of Ghana. The handwritten notes on the tape box read as follows (with approximate timestamps added): Side 1: Lobi Tribesmen from LAWRA, 29 April 1964. 2 xylophones, 2 small drums, 1 large drum, castanets. [0:00:04] 01. SABERE: i) Sabere for marriage; ii) Sabere for harvest [0:16:18] 02. [word illegible] BAHBINA: i) Fetish dance [0:22:54] 03. Kobina - drums only: i) KOBINA fo…