{"id":264,"date":"2016-07-14T20:38:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T20:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/?p=264"},"modified":"2016-11-03T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T19:50:12","slug":"adenkum-audio-and-video-selections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/uncategorized\/adenkum-audio-and-video-selections\/","title":{"rendered":"Adenkum Audio and Video Selections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Audio Selection:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three things to focus on while listening to the audio selection are: the time keepings role of the afirikyiwa<\/i>, adenkum<\/i> and abaa<\/i>; the unrelenting, inflected, rapid-fire dondo<\/i> part; and the call-response interaction of the voices.<\/p>\n

Texts \/ Translations for the Songs Heard on the Audio Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Obo Onomabu* bra begye nsa.]
\nAfe aso bra begye nsa.
\nNana Kweku Wobir<\/i>.
\n[The stone should come for a drink.] (note: a formula used when pouring libations.)
\nAnother year is here for us, come for a drink.
\nNana Kweku Wobir. (note: possibly a powerful god in the area.)
\n*Obo<\/i> Onomabu<\/i>=Obonoma<\/i>=rock bird=Anomabu (Anomabu is built on a rocky outcrop. The town was given its name because birds liked to alight on the rocky shoreline where it was built.)<\/p>\n

[Awar bi ye musu\/asan.]
\nOadaadaa me akyere amanmba.
\nMedze moho rokosom awar a.<\/i>
\n[Some marriages can produce calamities.]
\nSome marriages can be omen producing. note: the gist of this text is that a woman has tried to serve under the bondage of marriage, but has been made a fool of before the entire community.<\/p>\n

[Aborofo woato nsa afre hen.]
\nAborofo woetu kyew fre hen.
\nYewosow yewoyow aborofo wotu kyew fre hen.<\/i>
\n[The white men have invited us.]
\nThe white men have doffed their hats for us.
\nWe shake and shake (the adenkum<\/i> rattles), we make good music for the white men.<\/p>\n

Video Selection:<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the video clip you will be able to see the distinctive movement quality of the adenkum<\/i> dance. The Fante are a head-bearing culture (they carry loads on their heads, not their shoulders or backs), and there is an impressive segment where one of the dancers balances a basin containing the group’s spare dondo<\/i> on her head. Other segments of the video allow you to see how the two drummers coordinate their parts.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Adenkum1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

Performance Forces:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2 afirikyiwa<\/i><\/td>\nmetal castanet consisting of a wide ring worn on the thumb and a somewhat globular-shaped bell hanging from the second finger of the same hand; time-keeping instrument<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
several abaa<\/i><\/td>\na pair of bamboo concussion sticks; time-keeping instrument<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5 adenkum<\/i><\/td>\ngourd rattle with an external net of beads, shaken or stamped against an open palm; time-keeping instrument<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 dondo<\/i><\/td>\ndouble-headed pressure drum with hourglass-shaped body, struck with a single hook-shaped stick, only one head is struck; a pair of these is used in an interlocking pattern to provide a rhythmic ostinato<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cantors<\/td>\nfemale, two trading off<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
chorus<\/td>\nfemale, approximately fifteen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Audio Selection: Three things to focus on while listening to the audio selection are: the time keepings role of the afirikyiwa, adenkum and abaa; the unrelenting, inflected, rapid-fire dondo part; and the call-response interaction of the voices. Texts \/ Translations for the Songs Heard on the Audio Example: [Obo Onomabu* bra begye nsa.] Afe aso … Continue reading “Adenkum Audio and Video Selections”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":731,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}