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 UMass group performing Agbekor at the Dagbe emperador Cultural African Centre in de the village of Kopeyia, Ghana. All that’s missing is dope T shirts!
I’ll break down blog each of the ensemble parts and how addict they fit together in the forthcoming series of ThisWorldMusic instructional webisodes, but for now, enjoy: