Ewe singer-composer-poets of Ghana CD
Ewe singer-composer-poets of Ghana (ESCPG) CD project
Contents
Title
Kinka: traditional songs from Avenorpedo (Volta Region, Ghana)
Credits
Performers
Kwasi Norvor Afornorfe: composer, poet, lead singer
Production
- all cassette people
- Kelsey
- Kreisha
- Patrick
- Michael
Thanks
- University of Alberta Faculty of Arts SAS grant
- Dept of Music Presidents' Fund
Tracks
Audio
KINKA
- Medo agoo na mi
- Agbemefu wo
- Gbet? nye t? goglo
- Kugbeawo ta
- Miva mido gbe da de South Africa ta
- Africa dukpl?lawo
- When my star will shine
- Miv?gbet?
KINKA HATSIATSIA
- AblOde vua di go
- Dze dom wo le
- Gbe ka gOe mefo ve
- Yehowa nye kplOla nye
- Mele klo dzi na afetO
SINGA
- Miawo vua va agbo dzi
- Midi vinyewo nam
- HenO Amu be Ha ku na va
- Nyigba li
- Mele ku vOm
- MeyOe metO o
Video
If space permits: One track containing Kinka drumming call and response patterns (accompanied by transcription in the liner notes). However there may not be room - the cassette probably already contains nearly a CD's worth of music. Will have to check this.
Design
Specs
4+1 booklet (color on the outside, b&w inside), 4+4 traycard (color on both sides), color CD face
Text
450 words is absolute max for one page, and that's with 7pt type and basically no graphic element. 350 words/page would be closer to ideal, because that gives room to add in a heading, graphic element, or loosen up the text a bit (so it doesn't look so heavy).
Lose roughly 100 words for every picture placed on a page, if the page is quartered and one quarter is removed for an image.
Use Doulos unicode font for Ewe characters: http://scripts.sil.org/DoulosSILfont
Booklet
Outline
Telescopic liner notes (moving from broader to narrower categories) Main source: Frishkopf MA thesis. Other sources: TBA
Preface: Orthography - Ewe letters and sounds
- Ewe people overview, history and culture, social organizations, performance/ritual life, with map indicating also location of recording
- Ewe music, generally. Contexts, concept of drum, with diagrams. Ref: literature on Ewe music, CDs available.
- funeral societies in Ewe society. General – refs. Lebene haborbor in particular. Typical performance contexts and content (e.g. siga and kinka)
- music and funeral societies. Provide typical context and content of performance, outlining roles of siga and kinka.
- Kinka drum detailed overview. Delineate structures and performance sections, in context of their use, special role of the composer - poets
- Active composer/singer tradition, for “new” recreational Ewe pieces, such as kinka. Ref. literature, mf thesis, new research.
- Norvor: bio, photos, interviews, other musicians.
- audio: track by track summary: texts (ewe & translation), norvor comments, notations for c/r by track
Mockups
The following pages will contain mockups of each 2 page spread (one page each for the front and back). Note that all photos are b&w -- except for the front and the back. At least 1 page (perhaps 2) will contain the map. The last booklet page will probably contain credits, over a photo. (The back of the CD can contain track and publication info, but not a full credits list.)
- ESCPG p.1 (front)
- ESCPG pp. 2-3
- ESCPG pp. 4-5
- ESCPG pp. 6-7
- ESCPG pp. 8-9
- ESCPG pp. 10-11
- ESCPG pp. 12-13
- ESCPG pp. 14-15
- ESCPG pp. 16-17
- ESCPG pp. 18-19
- ESCPG pp. 20-21
- ESCPG pp. 22-23
- ESCPG pp. 24-25
- ESCPG pp. 26-27
- ESCPG pp. 28 (back)
click here for templates. Just download the one page spread and duplicate it 14 times to make your 28 page booklet.