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Osode

Fante · Fante / Central Region, Ghana (Akan) · Music

Osode (osoode) is a recreational Akan music tradition that began in Cape Coast and spread to other Akan communities; one account places its origin as wartime entertainment. It has been continually recontextualised, notably in a highlife rendition developed by C. K. Mann.

The group performed osode at the community celebration.

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