Hewale Sounds performing one of their new pieces on the shores of the dead sea during their recent visit to Jordan. The title of this piece is Alafia which means health.  Kpanlogo is a recreational music and dance of the people of Accra.  Saabewana is a piece from the Dagaare area of the Upper West Region. It mean the rains are not coming.

Hewale Sounds is the resident group of the International Centre for African Music and Dance (ICAMD), University of Ghana, Legon. The group is a traditional instrumental ensemble that operates under the directorship of Emeritus Professor J.H. Kwabena Nketia. Hewale Sounds provides concerts of traditional African compositions arranged for traditional instruments and their contemporary extensions. It serves as a demonstration group for ICAMD’s workshops and extension programmes.

Hewale Sounds was formally inaugurated at the Centre for National Culture, Accra, on February 3, 1996.
The group has since performed to enthusiastic audiences at
&Mac183; Marché des Arts Spectacle Africain (MASA) in La Cote d’Ivoire,
&Mac183; at the 23rd World Conference of International Society for Music Education (ISME) in Pretoria in South Africa,
&Mac183; and in the International Festival of Folk Arts and Culture in South Africa (IFFACSA) at Umtata Eastern Cape Province,
&Mac183; at Forde Folk Music Festival in Norway,
&Mac183; A joint programme with the St. Louis African Chorus in the United States of America, while in St. Louis they had audience the Mayor of East St. Louis, and Kathryn Dunham the renowned dance ethnographer.
&Mac183; At the International meeting and the promotion of local music heritage in the age of Globalization, at Amman, Jordan 17th – 21st September 2000.
&Mac183; Apart from these the group has had several performances here in Ghana, performing to foreign heads of state and dignitaries.