Jambé’s, drums and balophones

Accra/Ghana. Between the Arts market and the beach is a small under priviliged quarter. There, Mensa, a rastafari, runs a drums and balophone (a xylophone made of tropical hardwoods and calabasses) workshop. Feike, de percussionist van PRIVATE ABGRUND assembleert zijn eigen djembee. Waarom? Omdat je hem dan altijd zelf kunt tunen en repareren, zegt Mensa. Natuurlijk worden we ook getrakteerd op een spontaan concert.

Mensa and friends in concert

Assembled drums

Feike maakt zijn Djembee

Nana’s Highlife Band

Just outside the hostel Nana has a artisan shop: masks, statues, etc. The fun part is that doubles as hairdresser and as singer in a highlife/hiplife band that rehearses outside, between Crystal’s back gate and Nana’s shop. Enjoy the video’s of Seawater International below.