eCompanion to My Mother Has A Television, Does Yours? Transformation and Secularization in an Ewe Funeral Drum Tradition
Oral Tradition, 20, ii (2006): 300-319
Audio Examples
Music Transcriptions for the following examples.
Song: "Mebe mayi, wobe nyemegã yi o." Apeyeme Agbadza Singers led by Koshi Tagborlo. Recorded in 2002 by James Burns.
Drum Language example: "Ege metua exo na adaba o." Apeyeme Agbadza group led by Kodzo Tagborlo. Recorded in 2002 by James Burns. Accompanies Music Transcription 1.
Drum Language example: "Kolo do supporta." Apeyeme Agbadza group led by Kodzo Tagborlo. Recorded in 2002 by James Burns. Accompanies Music Transcription 2.
Drum Language example: "Pastor fe home." Apeyeme Agbadza group led by Kodzo Tagborlo. Recorded in 2002 by James Burns. Accompanies Music Transcription 3.
Drum Language example: "Televisi le danye asi." Apeyeme Agbadza group led by Kodzo Tagborlo. Recorded in 2002 by James Burns. Accompanies Music Transcription 4.
Drum Language example: "Kaya." Apeyeme Agbadza group led by Kodzo Tagborlo. Recorded in 2002 by James Burns. Accompanies Music Transcription 5.
Supplementary Images
Map: The town of Dzodze within Eweland. Also shows surrounding neighbors of Ewe.
Roman Catholic Mission Primary and Junior Secondary School. Dzodze, Ghana.
Initiates to the Amegashi shrine, a traditional religious group that specializes in communication with the dead. Dzodze, Ghana.
Ceremony for the Afa shrine. Dzodze, Ghana.
The late Mishiso Tagborlo. Dzodze, Ghana.
King Tagborlo playing a tin can drum- the latest drum prodigy.
Ageshe dance-drumming at a funeral. Kodzo Tagborlo (left wearing red shirt) is playing the master drum. Dzodze, Ghana.
Participant/Spectators dancing Ageshe. Dzodze, Ghana.
