Kobla Ladzekpo Explained

Kobla Ladzekpo is a Ghanaian musical performer. He is known for being the founder and director of Zadonu African Music and Dance Company, as well as a conductor for the Cal Arts African Music and Dance Ensemble.^{[1] [2]}

Ladzekpo was born and raised in Anyako and moved to the United States in the 1960s.^[3] He is a drummer, as well as a retired assistant professor of West African dance and music at the University of California, Los Angeles^[4] and the California Institute of the Arts.

As "Seth Kobla Ladzekpo", he recorded an album in 1969, Ewe Music of Ghana.^[5] He has his own record label, Zadonu Records.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kobla Ladzekpo Archives . 2023-12-06 . Alternative Radio . en-US.
2. Web site: Kobla Ladzekpo . 2023-12-06 . African Studies Center . University of California, Los Angeles.
3. Web site: Isaac . 2023-09-22 . Why I Teach Ewe Music . 2023-12-06 . The Saklan School . en.
4. Web site: Kobla Ladzekpo . 2023-12-06 . . . en.
5. Peek . Phil . 1970 . Review of Ewe Music of Ghana; Music of the Idoma of Nigeria: Ediigwu Sings the Ancient Songs of Oturkpo, Nigeria, Odejo, Aboje . Ethnomusicology . 14 . 2 . 369–371 . 10.2307/849809 . 849809 . 0014-1836.