African Rhythm: A Northern Ewe Perspective - Kofi Agawa - Hardcover - BK&CD

This book is about rhythm in African music, but it differs from previous studies in the emphasis it places on language. Taking a small group, the Northern Ewe people of Ghana, the author shows how a particular rhythmic sensibility underlies their daily physical activities. He analyses rhythm in speech, narration, rhymes, song, dancing, and musical performance, and an accompanying CD enables the reader to work closely with the sound of African speech and song which he discusses.Agawu, Kofi is the author of 'African Rhythm: A Northern Ewe Perspective - Kofi Agawa - Hardcover - BK&CD' with ISBN 9780521480840 and ISBN 0521480841.