Kumasi Trio

Fanti Guitar Music In West Africa 1928, Vol. 1

These rare recordings are some of the first ever featuring traditional African music played on western instruments. This cultural exchange led to completely new genres in music, most importantly Highlife. Kumasi is a Gold Coast city in Ghana that, at the time, did not feature much more than an open air market and one of the first British department stores on the continent. The trio comprised H.E. Biney on guitar, Kwah Kanta on percussion, and Jacob Sam on guitar, with all three contributing on vocals. The trio was brought to London to record these tracks in the summer of 1928.

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