ogene udu 1

This short video by Eugene Skeef shows 5 brilliant Igbo musicians from Nigeria demonstrating the different instruments of an ogene-udu ensemble. Opanka, who introduces the improvised piece on ogene, is the leader of this group that Eugene caught up with in a village in Enugu state, eastern Nigeria, just before they were to perform ritual music at a funeral. The ogene is a double bell. The udu played here is the one-hole version of the clay pot drum. You are invited to appreciate the polyrhythmic interloc