Nana Okomfohene Korantema Ayeboafo: Music & Sound Healing
The music of Nana Korantema Ayeboafo, a Pew Fellow of the Arts, is rooted in the Akan spiritual traditions of Ghana. Her compositions are utilized in spiritual ceremonies to honor the Abosom (Deities) and to connect participants with ancestral energies through powerful drumming and vocalizations. This collection offers a pathway to sound healing and spiritual centering.
Nana Korantemaa Ayeboafo and the African Ensemble present New World Music! Live in New York City.
This music reflects the ingenuity and leadership of a woman awarded a prestigious 2008 PEW Fellowship in the Arts. Nana Korantemaa Ayeboafo, a female Master Drummer extraordinaire!
The drummers are playing handmade authentic indigenous instruments from Ghana, Africa.
In December 2007 Nana Korantema Ayeboafo enjoyed recording as a solo artist the folk and traditional music of Ghana. She shares one of her greatest loves, the music of the Akan AKOM.
Nana plays on multiple tracks the authentic hand-made indigenous instruments common to the AKOM, an Akan sacred spiritual ceremony: Wasawasa, (beaded gourds), Adawuru (bells), Nfrikyiwa (clickers), Atumpan drums, Apentemma drum, Adukurogya drum and Apintin drum. She also sings vocals on three tracks.
Celebrates the legacy of Arthur Hall, as a genius extraordinaire! This TRIBUTE acknowledges the 10-year anniversary of the transition of Arthur Hall – a dancer, choreographer, and leader of the cultural renaissance that infused the African genre of dance, drumming, and singing onto the fabric of American culture.
Watch Arthur Hall Dance Tribute on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIYA2YaLD1Y