by Jeremy Cohen | Oct 29, 2012 | Blog
“Holo holo holo holo, gbe sia, bne nono…” The voices of my second grade general music students sing in Ewe as the students hold the garden rocks, tracing circles on the floor. “Ala, sariki babu. Ala sariki babu.” Each student excitedly picks up his or her rock and,...
by Jeremy Cohen | Oct 16, 2012 | Blog
We are thrilled to announce that ThisWorldMusic’s Ghana program has been named a Top Pick in the 2012 Abroad101 Study Abroad Rankings presented by STA Travel! Thanks to our amazing participants for so many 5-star reviews, as well as to our partners, without whom...
by Jeremy Cohen | Aug 23, 2012 | Blog
The following guest post comes from Leah Moriarty, a dance artist and educator from New Haven, CT. She recently returned from the ThisWorldMusic/UMass summer study abroad in Ghana program. I have spent the last ten years attempting to wrap my head and body around West...
by Jeremy Cohen | Nov 3, 2010 | Blog
Got back earlier tonight from teaching Agbekor to my African Drumming class at Westfield State UNIVERSITY (all Massachusetts State Colleges were recently given the status upgrade, to much fanfare) and was feeling nostalgic for Tratamento this terrific clip of my 2009...
