MUS 014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Palm-Wine Music, Yoruba Music, Wine Bottle
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Ghana but also togo, benin, and nigeria): associated with lower class africans, used wine bottles to tap on as instruments. Clave or simply tapping a wine bottle with a knife. Some kind of drum: conga, bongo, or other hand drum. Solo val part (usually male) with choral response. Juju music: (cid:712)penkele(cid:713) king sunny ade on ilearn. Based on palm wine music but developed in parallel. More recently use of synthesizers instead of brass. Less emphasis on text and more on dance.
