 | Audio-Visual field recordings by Gerhard Kubik |
| From Album “Roots of Highlife” |
| Tune: Suantsi |
| Video: 1991 Erasmus Ndara
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| Audio: Unknown Highlife Band ( Sierra Leone ) | ||||
| Audio: 1927 George Williams Aingo
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Notes:
VIDEO: Erasmus Ndara
| 1991 28 years old |
| Song is sung in Mbukushu ( Angola and Namibia region ) |
| Lives with is Married Sister who supports him |
| “Five String Guitar” |
| Tune: Engelika ghapumura munu wendi-endi dimbo ? |
| Song is about his sister Angelika warning about quarreling with her husband |
| Note “Fade-out” ending |
| Technically: Tuning of 6th string is an octave higher |
Audio: Unknown 1970’s Highlife Band from Sierra Leone
| Compare chord progression and melody |
AUDIO: George Williams Aingo
| Tune: Suantsi |
| August 1927 Zonophone Label in London |
| Singing in Fanti |
| Between 1927 and 1931 issued 180 records. |