Wake: A comfort song 0136-Wake: A comfort song A description and documentation of Avatime

This recording was made at a wake keeping the night before the funeral of Geoffrey Adjabeng, a clan leader. The men gathered at one of the meeting places in the village and spent the night giving speeches, singing and drinking. This event was recorded by Sammy. No outside observer was present.In this recording some songs are sung and some conversation takes place. It has not been transcribed or translated. On this recording, the people who attend the wake keeping first sing a comfort song in Ewe. Then there is some drumming and the people talk a bit amongst themselves in Avatime. Then they sing the Ewe song again. The songs are sung in Ewe. Conversation takes place in Avatime. Sammy records. Several people sing and converse. Language_Name: Avatime Language_Region: Africa Language_Country: Ghana Project_Status: Complete Year: 2008 Start_Date: 2008-05-01 End_Date: 2008-12-31