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An Intro to Ghanaian Music

Alfred Ladzekpo
Alfred Ladzekpo is Co-Director of the African Music and Dance Program at California Institute of the Arts. A native of Ghana, Ladzekpo is a specialist in the sogo drum. He has founded several programs and ensembles dedicated to preserving and advancing the musical heritage of Ghana, and lectures widely on the subject in the United States.
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Alfred Ladzekpo discusses teaching students how to play the sogo drum. He explains that he teaches his students to play the sogo drum based on his own learning experiences. Also in this segment, he discusses how he taught Afrcan music and dance at Columbia University before coming to teach at Cal Arts and now also has an interest in writing plays.



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Nov-05
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