A BRIEF HISTORY OF ZIAVI ZIGI; A MUSIC LOVED EVEN BY THE GODS.
I wish to talk about Zigi; the melodious music filled to the brim with legendary drumbeats, songs and dance steps without having to talk about the people of Ziavi. Well, that’s more like talking about thunder without acknowledging lightening. Henceforth ladies and gentlemen, grab seats and relax as I drive you back through time to the very beginning of Zigi and to the originators of the popular beautiful traditional music that we enjoy today. You may have heard the name of the small traditional area approximately 5km North East of Ho in the Volta region of Ghana. Ziavi has four (4) communities namely; Dzogbe, Lume, Adukope and Bamefedo. The people of Ziavi were farmers of coffee in very large quantities and were even at a point in time, the largest coffee farming community in the Volta Region of Ghana or perhaps, in the entire country hence the local name for coffee; Ziavi-tutui (Ziavi powder). The Ziaviawo or Ziavi-le-amenuawo as they are affectionately or perhaps fearfully reffe...