Below are all the music and online activities recommended in the Ghana chapter of Australia to Zimbabwe including:
- Ghana’s Independence Ceremony in 1957
- Hiplife Music
- Classic Highlife Music
- Talking Drums
- Kente Cloth
- Adinkra Stamps
- Azonto Dancing
- Playing Ampe
- Kwame Nkrumah, Founding Father
To find your favorite Adinkra symbol and print it out, visit www.adinkra.org.
If you are doing the stamp project in the book, try to pick a symbol that’s not too tough to cut out.
Ghana's Independence 1957
Classic Highlife- E T Mensah's "Ghana Freedom"
Talking Drum Class
Kente Cloth
Introduction to Kente Weaving
History of Adinkra
Adinkra - Ghana Broadcasting Company
Many Adinkra Symbols & Meanings
Azonto Dance Craze
Ghanaian Youth Doing Azonto
Azonto Tutorial
Nana Boroo's Ahayede - Hiplife
Hiplife- Shordy by Praye
Hiplife- Castro's African Girls
Hiplife- Nkasai's Tuabodom
Hiplife- Dunsin's Oye Adie Yie
Highlife- Rambler's Dance Band
Ghana Special: Modern Highlife
Playing Ampe
How to Play Ampe
How to Play Ampe 2
Kwame Nkrumah - Founding Father
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Ghana's Independence 1957
March 6th 1957- See original footage from Ghana's historic independence ceremony, includes Ghana's founding father Kwame Nkrumah, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others there. 5 minutes 54 seconds NOTE: The speakers on the podium all wore their "prison caps" until independence was declared, a sign of what they had recently suffered in the struggle for freedom. -
Classic Highlife- E T Mensah's "Ghana Freedom"
Early Highlife. This was the most popular song when Ghana gained its independence in 1957. -
Talking Drum Class
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Kente Cloth
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Introduction to Kente Weaving
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History of Adinkra
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Adinkra - Ghana Broadcasting Company
Adinkra as described by the GBC -
Many Adinkra Symbols & Meanings
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Azonto Dance Craze
News piece by BBC -
Ghanaian Youth Doing Azonto
Guardian Newspaper Video -
Azonto Tutorial
Learn how to Azonto, step by step -
Nana Boroo's Ahayede - Hiplife
"Ahayede" by Nana Boroo - Hiplife, from 2010 -
Hiplife- Shordy by Praye
Dates back to at least 2007. Most Ghanaian hiplife videos (like a lot of American hip hop videos) seem to focus on living large with big cars, big houses and fancy clothes. Praye, however, seems to be a group of Ghanaian hipsters, with nostalgia for an earlier era and life in the village. -
Hiplife- Castro's African Girls
"African Girls" Hiplife Music, from 2010 -
Hiplife- Nkasai's Tuabodom
Hiplife classic from 2008 -
Hiplife- Dunsin's Oye Adie Yie
Highlife/ Hiplife classic from 2009 -
Highlife- Rambler's Dance Band
Agyanka Dabre -
Ghana Special: Modern Highlife
"Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds and Ghanaian Blues 1968-1981" -
Playing Ampe
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How to Play Ampe
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How to Play Ampe 2
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Kwame Nkrumah - Founding Father
A 30 minute documentary about Kwame Nkrumah's life and his legacy as liberator and first prime minister of Ghana
Here is an additional video explaining how to play Ampe: http://www.globaltimoto.com/games/ghana/ampe/video-short-and-tight/
Here is a recipe for Ghanaian Red Red: Ghanaian Red Red Recipe for Web