Cat No CE07

• A rich musical portrait of the village of Ammasu in the Brong-Ahafu region of Ghana, produced & recorded in 1976 by Swedish musician Bengt Berger, who was based there researching African music, while his wife conducted fieldwork in social anthropology.

• The Ammasu Akapoma Band was the hottest funeral band in the region. On this album you will find ritual and recreational drumming, singing (in sorrow and happiness), children's music, a brass band and more.

• There are call & response songs, dirges, an ivory trumpet, bells, and a wide spectrum of percussion instruments. A musical archive of an African region that now, 30 years later, would be virtually impossible to find, unchanged.

• This release includes an excellent 28-page booklet with full notes and many photos, and comes in a special double gatefold digipak.