Ewe singer-composer-poets of Ghana CD

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Ewe singer-composer-poets of Ghana (ESCPG) CD project

Title

Kinka: traditional songs from Avenorpedo (Volta Region, Ghana)

Artists

Kwasi Norvor Afornorfe: composer, poet, lead singer



Tracks

Audio

KINKA

  • Medo agoo na mi
  • Agbemefu wo
  • GbetO nye tO goglo
  • Kugbeawo ta
  • Miva mido gbe da de South Africa ta
  • Africa dukplOlawo
  • When my star will shine
  • MivOgbetO

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

  1. Ewe people overview, history and culture, social organizations, performance/ritual life, with map.
  2. Ewe music, generally. Contexts, concept of drum, with diagrams. Ref: literature on Ewe music, CDs available.
  3. funeral societies in Ewe society. General – refs. Lebene haborbor in particular. Typical performance contexts and content (e.g. siga and kinka)
  4. music and funeral societies. Provide typical context and content of performance, outlining roles of siga and kinka.
  5. Kinka drum detailed overview. Delineate structures and performance sections, in context of their use, special role of the composer - poets
  6. Active composer/singer tradition, for “new” recreational Ewe pieces, such as kinka. Ref. literature, mf thesis, new research.
  7. Norvor: bio, photos, interviews, other musicians.
  8. 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.)

click here for templates. Just download the one page spread and duplicate it 14 times to make your 28 page booklet.

Tray

inside

back cover

CD face

MMS quote

Media:uofaquote.pdf

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