School Performance: Okaidja Afroso: Jaku Mumor—ancestral Spirit (kcys)

Okaidja Afroso ushers in a fresh breeze of musical flavors from the shores of Ghana’s Atlantic Gulf of Guinea, drawing from the ecological knowledge of the indigenous Ga-Dangme fishermen, the power of the nature-based rituals, and the connections that his ancestors had to the elements, particularly the Ocean. In Jaku Mumor, Okaidja’s distinctive musical style extends ancestral traditions and creates a contemporary African oral tradition, combinin...