Case Studies
Ewe percussion (Ghana)
Ghanian Ewe percussion is a form of traditional dance-drumming which continues to be one of the most thriving music forms in West Africa. It is connected with traditional religious events, seasonal festivals, funerals, and daily life. The majority of Ewe groups remain unknown outside their communities, despite extensive ethnomusicological research focusing on the work of a few musical families.
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Vietnamese ca tru
Ca trù is a vocal chamber music genre with a long history in northern Vietnam. Due to war and political tension ca trù was rarely performed from the 1950s to the late 1980s, and much musical knowledge was lost. Since the early 1990s a revival has taken place, and although the number of skilled musicians is still low, the amount of people engaged with ca trù has grown significantly in the last decade or so, especially through the phenomenon of the ca trù ‘club’.
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Australian Aboriginal yawulyu/awelye
This report concerns yawulyu/awelye, an important ceremonial genre of traditional songs performed by women in Central Australia. Our fieldwork in the area over many years, and a series of interviews we conducted as part of the Sustainable Futures Project, we discuss various issues and ideas concerning the sustainability of the tradition.
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