Saturday, September 30, 2006
I woke up feeling awful the other day, but I got tested and I don't have Malaria!
On another note- I have been hanging out with a few african traditionalists recently. They claim direct contact with spirits. They are a band that goes by the name Agasor. I'm sure you will here more about them later as I have been jamming and kicking it with them. My biggest problem recently has been time managment. I am not accomplishing as much as I would like but still find myself exhausted at the end of everyday. Perhaps eating strictly rice, not having running water, and being called white man 50 times a day is exhausting in it's own right.
Here is what I have been accomplishing:
-helping put together a grass roots hip hop concert,
-learning how to build drums
-Playing a bit of trumpet with a neo-traditional african group. (trumpet +bell+Gome drum + kpalogo drum+ Flutes+Xylophone)
Anyways, I'm getting kicked off cyber space.
Ciao.
On another note- I have been hanging out with a few african traditionalists recently. They claim direct contact with spirits. They are a band that goes by the name Agasor. I'm sure you will here more about them later as I have been jamming and kicking it with them. My biggest problem recently has been time managment. I am not accomplishing as much as I would like but still find myself exhausted at the end of everyday. Perhaps eating strictly rice, not having running water, and being called white man 50 times a day is exhausting in it's own right.
Here is what I have been accomplishing:
-helping put together a grass roots hip hop concert,
-learning how to build drums
-Playing a bit of trumpet with a neo-traditional african group. (trumpet +bell+Gome drum + kpalogo drum+ Flutes+Xylophone)
Anyways, I'm getting kicked off cyber space.
Ciao.
Monday, September 18, 2006
Will In Africa
Last friday we put on a concert featuring Ghanian and American musicians. It was a huge sucess. So many wonderful people showed up to perform, dance, and relax. I was most amazed by the dance troupe that performed alongside the band. They included some things which reminded me of The Mutaytor (a band my friend Elliot is in back in the States...www.mutaytor.com ) Fire eating, arobics, etc... I spent the weekend relaxing at Kokrobite, a very nice beach resort area. I couldn't believe it. A hotel room right on the beach was $6 U.S, lobster was 80 cents a piece (I had two). There was a reggae party with a live band. I kept on thinking about how much Jaco (my roomate at UCLA) would have loved it. When I got back from the beach trip I felt rejuvinated and ready for another week. Bye for now.
Much Love,
Will
Last friday we put on a concert featuring Ghanian and American musicians. It was a huge sucess. So many wonderful people showed up to perform, dance, and relax. I was most amazed by the dance troupe that performed alongside the band. They included some things which reminded me of The Mutaytor (a band my friend Elliot is in back in the States...www.mutaytor.com ) Fire eating, arobics, etc... I spent the weekend relaxing at Kokrobite, a very nice beach resort area. I couldn't believe it. A hotel room right on the beach was $6 U.S, lobster was 80 cents a piece (I had two). There was a reggae party with a live band. I kept on thinking about how much Jaco (my roomate at UCLA) would have loved it. When I got back from the beach trip I felt rejuvinated and ready for another week. Bye for now.
Much Love,
Will
Monday, September 11, 2006
Where do I begin. In the last week I:
1. Camped in the rainforest
2. Walked in the canopies of rainforest trees. (check out the picture!)
3. Fed crocodiles Chicken (pictures should be up soon)
4. Played a a concert with mabye 1000+ Africans in the audience. I was the only white person. (Pictures should be up soon)
5. Took a few dumps (pictures will not be up)
6. Got my wallet stolen.
I feel pretty good about all these things. After all, a trip to a developing country would not be complete without #4/#6
Until next time.
