Songs of Paapieye

Songs of Paapieye bụ abọm nke anọ nke onye egwu Ghana bụ SK Kakraba, nke Awesome Tapes From Africa wepụtara n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 2015, na-aghọ abọm mbụ nke ihe mbụ nke ụlọ ọrụ ahụ wepụtara. Abọm ahụ gosipụtara ikike Kakraba nwere n'ihe gbasara ike, ụdị osisi, 14-slatted xylophone sitere na obodo Kakraba bụ Ghana nke gosipụtara ụda dị iche iche, nke na-eme mkpọtụ na ụda na-emebi ngwa ngwa nke ududo na-adọkpụ mgbidi silk gafere oghere gourds, nke a maara n'asụsụ Lobi nke Kakraba dị ka pappieye, nke na na-enye abọm aha ya. Ọ dị nro na ụda karịa album ya gara aga Yonye ma na-aga ngwa ngwa, na-egosi mgbagwoju anya, mgbagwoju egwu, drones na mkparịta ụka n'etiti ala, buzzing basslines na elu, syncopated notes. Ọtụtụ egwu nwere ọtụtụ ụzọ ma na-agagharị n'etiti ngalaba dị iche iche.

Kakraba dekọtara ọba ahụ n'onwe ya na-enweghị ihe ọ bụla ma ọ bụ nkwado sitere n'aka ndị egwu ndị ọzọ, ma jiri naanị gyil mee ihe. Egwu a bụ okirikiri egwu, nke na-esite na egwu ọdịnala Ghana, n'agbanyeghị na enwere ihe izizi na ọba ahụ. N'ime egwu egwu, enwere iberibe olili ozu atọ. Mgbe a tọhapụrụ ya, ebe e mere ya n'ụdị dị iche iche, album ahụ bụ otu n'ime naanị ọtụtụ ọba egwu gil. Ọ nwetara otuto dị oke egwu, yana ndị nkatọ na-akọwapụta ụda na timbres pụrụ iche nke ngwa ahụ, nka nka nke ọba ahụ na usoro omume ọma nke Kakraba.

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SK Kakraba bụ onye isi nke xylophone, ngwá ọrụ Ghana nke nwere resonators calabash gourd na slats osisi 14 a kwụnyere n'ofe ha. Ụda mkpọtụ nke na-ada ụda na ọkwa ọ bụla, yana usoro ire ure ogologo karịa ederede ahụ, na-esi na mgbidi silk nke akpa ududo na-adọkpụ gafee oghere gourds, nke a maara n'asụsụ Lobi nke Kakraba dị ka pappieye. Ọ bụ ezie na otu ihe na-esote nke ọzọ, mkpọtụ pappieye site na nke mbụ emebeghị kpamkpam, na-emepụta ụdị ụda nke West Africa nke dị mgbagwoju anya karịa nke naanị ya. Kakraba na-eme, na-ewu, na-akụzi ma na-ere ngwá egwú ahụ. O bu ụzọ zụlite nkà ya na ngwá egwú ahụ n'oge ọ bụ nwata na Saru, Ghana, obodo ọrụ ugbo, wee gaa n'ihu bụrụ otu n'ime ndị a ma ama na ndị a ma ma ama na-egwu egwu, karịsịa mgbe ọ kwagara Accra na 1997 n'ihe dị ka afọ 20, ebe Kakraba na-akpọ ngwá egwú ya gburugburu zongos (Muslim ghettos) na Central Accra, nke nyeere Kakraba aka inweta "kpu kwa ụbọchị" ya. O mechara malite ịkụzi ngwá egwú ahụ na Mahadum nke Ghana "International Centre for African Music and Dance".