Alfred Ladzekpo

**Alfred Ladzekpo** (bɛ daa n dɔɣi o la *20th century* la puuni) nyɛla West Africa nima diɛma mini yiɣijam karimba kuro so ŋun n ŋmari bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni *violin* la. 
## O piligu biɛhigu mini shikuru baŋsim
Ladzepko ba, Kofi Ladzekpo n ti pahi o tuzodoo, Husunu Ladzekpo nima n daa nyɛ ban n zaŋ o n kpɛhi art of Ewe drumming puuni. O daa nyɛla ban daa n kpa bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni *music and dance troupe Lashibi Agahu* nima la puuni yino o yum'pia ni ata puuni. Yuuni 1957 la puuni,  o daa nyɛla ŋun n kpa wa'gɔɣu  Anlo Awoame Fia School puuni; din nyaaŋa o daa lahi n nyɛla akarima n-ti ʒengama laɣinsi shɛŋa bɛ ni n boli ni the Gbeho Research Society, the Uhuru Dance Company, n ti tabili the National Dance Company din n be Accrala.
## O tuma
Yuuni 1969 la puuni, Ladzepko daa nyɛla ŋun n recordi Africa yila New York puuni. O daa n bɔhim la *journalism* California State University, Northridgepuuni hali ni yuuni 1974 puuni. O daa n ti lahi chaŋmi n ti wuhiri *theater musical studies* mini  *dance classes* Israel tingbani puuni. Tum yuuni 1994 la puuni zaa ka o daa n be *music faculty* shɛli din n be Pomona College puuni la n wuhira. O daa n zaŋla yuma ata n niŋ o bɔhimbu  studied for three years at Columbia University puuni, din nyɛ luɣ'shɛli o ni daa n wuhi Africa diɛma mini yiɣijam (yila mini wahi) ka daa n lahi nyɛ bɛ ni n boli ninvuɣ'so ni *co-director* la n-ti  *African Music and Dance Programme* shɛli din n be California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) puuni la. O nyɛla ŋun daa n sabi Africa kpɛrigu bee sinii dibaa ata ka ŋa din na n du gaa nyɛ FeFe, yila, waa n ti pahi *theatre*.

O daa n nyɛla karimba ka n wuhi hali ni yum'pihinahi ni yini nyaaŋa. O nyɛla ŋun daa n sabi gbana n jɛndi Africa diɛma ni yiɣijam bin din n gbaai yuuni 1980 la puuni hali ni yuuni 2012 la puuni ka o tuma pia ni awei be kundunima pishi ni ata puuni n be bala ayi puuni. O nyɛla ŋun n diɛma tooi n zooi pam eastern United States mini Ghana tingbana puuni ka daa lahi n niŋ bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni *talk shows* la ka n wuhi yila mini *hall workshops* zaa Israel mini eastern United States tingbana puuni.

O daa n chaŋla *international symposium* shɛli din daa n-nyɛ tuuli la yuuni 1992 puuni Amsterdam tingbani ni bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni *world music education* la zuɣu. O daa lahi n nyɛla ŋun daa n recordi Africa diɛma ni yiɣijam shɛli din daa n niŋ yuuni 1969 puuni la New York City puuni .

Ŋuna n daa n-nyɛ bɛ ni n boli shɛba ni African music and dance programme nima la *executive director* ka daa n lahi n-nyɛ *principal violinist* Cal Arts puuni. Ŋuna n daa n-nyɛ akarima shɛba ban daa n be Accra, Ghana la toondana n-ti Uhuru Dance Band, the Ghebo Research Group, n ti pahi the National Dance Company nima zaa. O nyɛla ŋun n wuhi *African music and dance* Columbia University puuni kamani yuma anahi laasabu. O daa na n nyɛla *African violin* karimba n be American university Cal Arts puuni tum yuuni 1970 la puuni zaa. O kpalinkpaa tuma daa nyɛla din n niŋ Cal Arts World Music and Dance Festival puuni. O daa nyɛla ŋun n che o karimbatali tuma ŋɔ bɛ *semester* maa bahigu, o yum'pihinahi ni yini katombatali tuma puuni nyaaŋa la Cal Arts Institute puuni.

## Kundivihira