Comments on: Bernard Woma playing Dagara Bewaa music

By: A new vision of the public domain at Alper.nl

A new vision of the public domain at Alper.nl — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:29:13 +0000

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Recommendations « ktravula – a travelogue! — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:49:12 +0000

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By: Julie Ann

Julie Ann — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:18:16 +0000

I recently traveled to Accra to marry the most wonderful man . We were married at the Accra court house and then the following day had a ceramony with african friends who made me a tradital outfit out od kente cloth. It was a huge honor. They made my clothing by hand and I was so impressed by their love and kindness. I know it was genuine. I have never been around people so happy and spirtual, and full of love and life. I know there will be a day when my husband and I move back to Accra, and live out the rest of our days on earth, in this loving spirtual country. I look forward to my return, much love. Oh as for the music, I can feel that music down into my very core. it was so intensily “Feeling”

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Share your cat, save the world! « Conversazioni dal Basso — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:13:23 +0000

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By: …My heart’s in Accra » That’s how you get to Carnegie Hall

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:16:52 +0000

[...] That’s where I met Bernard. He was a few years into his time with the company, and I’d just come to Accra on a fellowship, hoping to study traditional Ghanaian music and its relationship to contemporary Ghanaian music. Unfortunately, most of the teachers that had been recommended to me turned out to be dead, drunk, or dead drunk, and I spent a good bit of time in the fall of 1993 waiting around the National Theatre to see if my teachers would ever arrive. Bernard eventually rescued me and started teaching me the Dagara xylophone, the gyil. [...]

By: ScribbleSheet

ScribbleSheet — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:09:21 +0000

Again, nice to see positive photos of Accra.
Many generations ago it was the jewel of Africa
maybe it will be that away again in the future.

By: BRE

BRE — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:45:33 +0000

Ethan, if you don’t FIX the link embedded in the banner graphic on your blog that directs readers to this blog post (Page ID=15) vs. the blog homepage I’m just gonna scream!!! Or do you leave it as is just to piss-off your regular readers? Hoping all is well with you back in Mass.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:47:32 +0000

Hi,

I stumbled upon your site today and was quite impressed. I really liked the design. Did you make it yourself?

I wanted to let you know about ReadPrint.com — a massive non-profit library similar to Bartleby — except its far better organized and user friendly. We’ve been using it extensively in school nowadays — it’s great for doing research since you can search within the books.

By: Edward

Edward — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:16:19 +0000

I was in Accra in May and Idrove on a sunday afternoon through the streets of the city. Was so impressed with absence of potholes and the beuty of the city save the new constructions.
Good blog.

By: kwame mfodwo

kwame mfodwo — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:45:01 +0000

thanx for all the work you are doing – makes the world a better place – you might want to look at AC2010 – effort to revive a once great school in Ghana