KINIWE, Tufts University December 9, 2012

KINIWE Tufts University DEC 9 2011 6 Parts

Kiniwe, African Drum and Dance group at Tufts University's Department of Music performed a concert on December 9, 2011. David Locke is Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology. There are six parts to this concert. See more at http://dagomba.uit.tufts.edu



Kpanlogo Drumming. Part 1 OF 6. About 6 1/2 minutes.





Takai. Part 2 OF 6. About 6 1/2 minutes.






Adzogbo Le. Part 3 OF 6, About 1o minutes.






Atsia. Part 4 OF 6. About 11 minutes.







Praise Name Drumming; Adzogbo Todzo. Part 5 OF 6. About 6 1/2 minutes.







Fast Agbekor; Adzogbo Todzo Drumming; Kpanlogo; Audience Participation. Part 6 OF 6.
About 10 minutes.

Africa Fest Tufts University 2009 Tora

Kiniwe performs Tora at Tufts University African Drum and Dance Festival March 7, 2009. David Locke is the Director and Professor. Tora is a game like dance in which dancers knock buttocks together on the cadential moment of the drumming. Tora began many centuries ago with a domestic tragedy in the household of the paramount chief. Women kindly bumped a bereaved woman back away from her dead relatives. After many years Tora became a happiness dance for females. The drums say, "Listen to the elders [to avoid trouble]."

Africa Fest '09 Takai

This arrangement by Larry Graves adds horns to Takai drumming.

Audience joins Kiniwe, African Dance and Drumming at Tufts, December 2, 2008

Audience joins Kiniwe, African Dance and Drumming at Tufts, December 2, 2008

Fast Atsiabekor Drum and Dance at Tufts, December 2, 2008

Fast Atsiabekor Drum and Dance at Tufts, December 2, 2008.

Slow Atsiabegkor Drum and Dance at Tufts, December 2, 2008

Slow Atsiabegkor Drum and Dance at Tufts, December 2, 2008

Kiniwe at Tufts, Agbadza, December 2, 2008

Kiniwe performs at Tufts University Jackson Dance Lab, December 2, 2008

Kiniwe Performs Gahu Songs at Tufts, December 2, 2008

Kiniwe, Directed and Conducted by David Locke, performs Gahu Songs at Tufts University, Jackson Dance Lab, December 2, 2008.

Kiniwe Performs Gahu Drumming and Dance at Tufts December 2, 2008

Tufts University Music Department presents Gahu Drumming and Dance performed by Kiniwe, African Music and Dance Ensemble. Directed by David Locke. December 2, 2008 at Jackson Dance Lab.

KINIWE at TUFTS U African Music & Dance APR 22 2008 7 Parts

David Locke and Alhaji Abubakari Lunna lead a music and dance concert. Part 1 of 7 is KINIWE musicians and dancers peforming TAKAI a circle dance in which dancers strike rods against their neighbor's. TAKAI began as a peace dance: Dagomba warriors discovered they were at war with a neighboring ethnic group with whom they shared a common ancestor. Rather than fight they struck their swords together in a rhythmic dance. The leading lunga drum says, "Chief says, 'Listen to the drums.'" The other drums say, "Stop the fight!" (David Locke) For more see
http://dagomba.uit.tufts.edu

David Locke and Alhaji Abubakari Lunna lead a music and dance concert. Part 2 of 7 is KINIWE musicians and dancers peforming TAKAI a circle dance in which dancers strike rods against their neighbor's. TAKAI began as a peace dance: Dagomba warriors discovered they were at war with a neighboring ethnic group with whom they shared a common ancestor. Rather than fight they struck their swords together in a rhythmic dance. The leading lunga drum says, "Chief says, 'Listen to the drums.'" The other drums say, "Stop the fight!" (David Locke) For more see
http://dagomba.uit.tufts.edu

David Locke and Alhaji Abubakari Lunna lead a drum concert. Part 3 of 7 is KINIWE drummers performing SALMA, Praise Name Drumming in which each composition is associated with a political leader within the kingdom of Dagbon. The drum language is proverbs that refer to the circumstances by which the person became chief and impart a moral lesson or observation of the world. (David Locke) For more see
http://dagomba.uit.tufts.edu

David Locke and Alhaji Abubakari Lunna lead a drum concert. Part 4 of 7 is KINIWE drummers performing SALMA, Praise Name Drumming in which each composition is associated with a political leader within the kingdom of Dagbon. The drum language is proverbs that refer to the circumstances by which the person became chief and impart a moral lesson or observation of the world. (David Locke) For more see
http://dagomba.uit.tufts.edu

David Locke and Alhaji Abubakari Lunna lead KINIWE in a drum and dance concert. Part 5 of 7 is TORA, a "game-like dance in which dancers knock buttocks together on the cadential moment of drumming. Begun with a domestic tragedy it became a happiness dance for females. The drums say, "Listen to the elders [to avoid trouble]." (David Locke) See more at
http://dagomba.uit.tufts.edu

David Locke and Alhaji Abubakari Lunna lead a drum concert. Part 6 of 7 is Agbekor Society Dagomba drummers performing SALMA, Praise Name Drumming in which each composition is associated with a political leader within the kingdom of Dagbon. The drum language is proverbs that refer to the circumstances by which the person became chief and impart a moral lesson or observation of the world. (David Locke) For more see http://dagomba.uit.tufts.edu

David Locke and Alhaji Abubakari Lunna lead KINIWE in a drum and dance concert. Part 7 of 7 is BAAMAAYA, a "dance begun in a time of food shortage, as an expression of happiness and gratitude for a good farmers' rain. Children began dance-like playing, using corn shucks around their waists for fun. Adults were inspired to shape the children's antics into a formal dance retaining the spirit of youthful joking." (David Locke) See more at
http://dagomba.uit.tufts.edu

Tufts U - Kiniwe; David Locke's Dance Program

Tufts University Music Professor David Locke's Kiniwe African Drum and Dance ensemble. Professor Locke joins his students in this round.

Festival of African Performance Ensembles, Tufts University, April 5, 2008.