Refund Policy: No refunds
The Music of Ghana - NYC is a concert and a music video release party in celebration of one of Africa's great cultural traditions. This event will feature a short film premier of the project followed by special guest performances.
Featured guest: Attah Poku, an amazing Ghanaian Master Drummer, will perform and also get the audience drumming, singing and dancing! Bring your dancing shoes!
Drinks and some snacks for all.
This event is member funded! Become a member and get a discount to this and all upcoming IRL events. Memberships start at $5/month. Join now!
Buying a ticket to this event is a contribution to the cultural troupes and drumming societies in Aflao, Ghana who performing in the film with a portion of the money going to fund the next series of sessions from Ghana and beyond.
Featured guest: Attah Poku, an amazing Ghanaian Master Drummer, will perform and also get the audience drumming, singing and dancing! Bring your dancing shoes!
Drinks and some snacks for all.
This event is member funded! Become a member and get a discount to this and all upcoming IRL events. Memberships start at $5/month. Join now!
Buying a ticket to this event is a contribution to the cultural troupes and drumming societies in Aflao, Ghana who performing in the film with a portion of the money going to fund the next series of sessions from Ghana and beyond.
There are different tiers so you can contribute as much as you like.
The project
This project was curated by Emmanuel Agbeli, a master drummer from Ghana, and Director of the Dagbe Cultural Institute and Arts Center. Viewcy sent a camera and microphones, helped trained a few young people interested in film from within the music community there, and provided the funding for them to record full length performances by 6 troupes from the Aflao Traditional Area. The music and dance that was sent back is mind-blowing.
This event is a way for us in NYC to come together and experience this music along side brilliant local performers who will share their art with all of us.
The mission
Viewcy Sessions are about discovering and promoting traditional musics of the world, as curated by the master musicians of those cultures. To pay tribute to the performers with a meaningful income ticket revenue is divided into three parts: One part is sent to Africa to pay the participants in the film, one part is retained to support the ecosystem, and one part goes into our Universal Creator Income Fund, to pay for the next Session.
The hosts
This event will be hosted by Robert Levin, Ehren Hanson, and REFOREST (Greg Kieser!). The film is narrated and curated by Emmanuel Agbeli.
Special thanks
A special thanks to REFOREST for generously donating the space for the event, and to all the event organizers hosting events on Viewcy. By selling tickets on Viewcy, you make this project, and countless others, possible.
Lastly, thank you to all the patrons of the Universal Creator Income Fund.
Lastly, thank you to all the patrons of the Universal Creator Income Fund.
Other ways to contribute:
Support this Ghana based agroforesty initiative: https://kuapakokoo.com/