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.
Ladzekpo was born and raised in Anyako and moved to the United States in the 1960s. He is a drummer, as well as a retired assistant professor of West African dance and music at the University of California, Los Angeles and the California Institute of the Arts.
As "Seth Kobla Ladzekpo", he recorded an album in 1969, Ewe Music of Ghana. He has his own record label, Zadonu Records.
References
- "Kobla Ladzekpo Archives". Alternative Radio. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ "Kobla Ladzekpo". African Studies Center. University of California, Los Angeles. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- Isaac (2023-09-22). "Why I Teach Ewe Music". The Saklan School. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- "Kobla Ladzekpo". The Daily Bruin. University of California, Los Angeles. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- 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. doi:10.2307/849809. ISSN 0014-1836. JSTOR 849809.
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