Kobla Ladzekpo

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Kobla Ladzekpo is a Ghanaian musical performer. He is known for being the founder and director of Zadonu African Music and Dance Company, as well as a conductor for the Cal Arts African Music and Dance Ensemble. [1] [2]

Ladzekpo was born and raised in Anyako and moved to the United States in the 1960s. [3] He is a drummer, as well as a retired assistant professor of West African dance and music at the University of California, Los Angeles [4] and the California Institute of the Arts.

As "Seth Kobla Ladzekpo", he recorded an album in 1969, Ewe Music of Ghana. [5] He has his own record label, Zadonu Records. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Kobla Ladzekpo Archives". Alternative Radio. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  2. 1 2 "Kobla Ladzekpo". African Studies Center. University of California, Los Angeles . Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  3. ↑ Isaac (2023-09-22). "Why I Teach Ewe Music". The Saklan School. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  4. ↑ "Kobla Ladzekpo". The Daily Bruin . University of California, Los Angeles . Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  5. ↑ Peek, Phil (1970). "Review of Ewe Music of Ghana; Music of the Idoma of Nigeria: Ediigwu Sings the Ancient Songs of Oturkpo, Nigeria, Odejo, Aboje" . Ethnomusicology. 14 (2): 369–371. doi:10.2307/849809. ISSN   0014-1836. JSTOR   849809.


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