Soyoyo

The shekere is an ancient traditional percussion instrument of West Africa. Popular from Senegal to Nigeria, they are a central feature of traditional Ewe music. In Ghana and Togo they are called “axatse”, in Mali and Guinea as “djabara”.

 

The calabash is a dried gourd which is hollowed, cleaned and threaded with small shells. They produce crisp or sandy effects to depending on how they’re played.

Egbe Parker was composed by Haruna Ishola. This album is known to have a sweet melodious tone that can attract any one, lift the mood and get them dancing.

This cd contains songs sung by Ebenezer Obey. The songs included in this album are an individual masterpiece. Ebenezer Obey nicknamed the Chief Commander is a Nigerian juju Musician.

Roots recounts the tale of Kunta Kinte - a youngster taken from The Gambia when he was seventeen and sold as a slave - and seven ages of his relatives in the United States. Kunta has a normally troublesome however free youth in his village, Juffure. His village subsists on farming, and at times they need more food, as the climate is cruel. However Kunta is encircled by love and customs. One morning when he is cutting wood to make a drum, he is captured. After a terrible journey across the Atlantic, he is sold in Annapolis to John Waller. Kunta attempts to flee multiple times, and after the fourth endeavor part of his right foot is cut off.