• Songs of War and Death from the Slave Coast: – Gogodzi (Mourning Song) - 1:57
    • 1. Gogodzi (Mourning Song)
    • 2. Gogodzi (Mourning Song) - 1:57
    • 3. Aivihe (Plain Mourning Songs)
    • 4. Gabada (Funeral Music)
    • 5. Yazo (Funeral Music)
    • 6. Yazo (Funeral Music) - 5:15

    Heavyweight songs and drums recorded in Ghana. All relate to death!

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