Palm Wine I

Palm Wine I

• Sierra Leone
  • Maringa
    • 1950’s Ebenezer Callender
    • Sooliman Ernest Rogie ( S.E. )
  • Milo Jazz

Notes:

Town Area

• Copy Bourgeois elite music
• Box Guitar
• Accompanied by Drums, Bottle and Coin.
• Sweet Palm Wine ( 2% alcohol )
• Guitar Picking style originated by Liberian “Kru-Men”
• Similar to Kora Fingering technique

Sierra Leonne. Two streams

Maringa - similar to Merengue

• 1950’s Ebenezer Callender
• Born 1920
• Sooliman Ernest Rogie ( S.E. ) 1961 Hit “My Lovely Elizabeth”
• 50 Hit Singles
• 1973 Moved to the USA first to Philadelphia then to San Francisco
• Devised an educational programme for schools - The African Folk and Cultural Show
• 1984 He won a Congressional Award
• 1985 Invited to play in Britain and decided to settled in London, buying a house in North Finchley as he says in his album” England is the place for me, I call England hallowed ground, because that’s where I make the most money”

Milo Jazz

• Guitar & Traditional Goombay Rhythm
• Milo milk can filled with pebbles