Listen
Tip: press play to see the sound's live frequency spectrum in blue over the waveform.
Recordist's notes
Nana Akosua Brepo is currently the Mmabaahemea of Tutu Akuapem. She is located in the house of Abusuapanyin Kwasi Asiedu. In Tutu, the royal house for chief's enstoolment is spearheaded by the family of Abusuapanyin Kwasi Asiedu. History has it that, Abusuapanyin Kwasi Asiedu was an illiterate but a renowned cocoa farmer with vast lands who even used his cocoa proceeds to build the family house for his people. Narrator: Okyeame Frederick Akuffo, Chief Linguist of Tutu Akuapem Recorded by Massimo Carozzi for Unfolding Cultural Heritage, an international cooperation project between the region of the Greater Accra (Ghana) and Salento (Italy). DPA 4060/Sennheiser MKH 416/SD MixPre 6
About the place
Aburi is a town of about 18,399 people in Eastern, Ghana. OttoAnna lists 17 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders, Sennheiser MKH microphones and DPA microphones. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.
Recorded nearby
More by artlifematters
More streets & traffic recordings
Rarefied night air
Poznań, Poland
Essen. kasteienstraße, garbage truck
Essen, Germany
Marienborn: gedenkstätte deutsche teilung - borderline: memorial of…
Helmstedt, Germany
Hoscheid, sheeps on a meadow
0 Geisseck, Belgium
Hoscheid, geisseck, tractor on the street
29 Geisseck, Belgium
Hoscheid, valley sound
Arlon, Belgium
Sources & credits
- “Mmabaahemea (Ladies Queen mother/womens organizer) - TUTU AKUAPEM PALACE STREET TUTU AKUAPEM E/R, Tutu, Ghana - Mmabaahemea (Ladies Queen mother/womens organizer)” by artlifematters – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0