Discuss Ewe and Agbekor
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• The Ewe live in territorial divisions headed by a chief near the coast of present-day Ghana.
• Agbekor, originally war music, is an extended performance of singing, dancing and drumming sequences (fast- and slow-paced songs, and songs in free rhythm).
• Agbekor involves intricate, polyrhythmic drumming emphasizing 3:2 (3 binary beats occur in the same exact time as 2 ternary beats) within a four- and six-time feel.
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