Singing Fisherman of Ghana
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Uploaded by folkstreamer on Jul 16, 2008
Pete and Toshi Seeger documented work songs of a fishing community in Ghana, the West-African roots of the work-song tradition shown in the films "Afro American Worksongs in a Texas Prison" and "Gandy Dancers".
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I remember this song from the eighties.
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rumba sounds very much like this :)
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beautiful.love my country!!
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I was in Ghana in 2007 and nothing has changed in their way of fishing :) The same boats, the same nets, the same sound. It's amazing to watch them work like that.
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I think it's so interesting that no matter what part of the world you're living in. If you get a group of blacks together they will make the same sound. A unique sound of hormony. Only difference are maybe instruments....but the voices are the same. Very beautiful.
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The vocal harmonies beginning at 0:45 are freaking amazing! These people are great; I love reading about how many of the tribes within the Wolof had different sets of music for each different task in their daily lives.
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ay anita you fuckin queer get off their dick
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At 0:58 they were rowing hard body lol
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Yes this is what you are, singing in prison.
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That is some hard core rowing at 0:58
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What a wonderful video. I love how music and cohesive rhythm is incorporated into these peoples' work lives. It seems there is no separation between work and play, life is just a joy. Everybody looks happy and very beautiful too! (Those boat men have nice muscles! ;)
neptina 2 years ago 5
Yes, Fine, sexy, strong black brothers.
anitaalford 2 years ago 5