Eric Sunu Doe
Summary
Eric Sunu Doe is a Ghanaian performer, bandleader and applied ethnomusicologist associated with palm-wine music and highlife. His work connects performance, teaching and the continuing social life of musical traditions.[1]
Life and career
He holds a doctorate from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and works in the University of Ghana's Department of Music. His responsibilities include the department's Pop Ensemble, while his activities beyond the classroom include leading Legon Palmwine Band and curating the Nsadwase Nkɔmɔ performance circle and music festival.[1]
Music and style
Within the Legon ensemble he contributes guitar, voice and premprensiwa. The group's approach combines intricate fingerpicking with Akan storytelling and vocal harmony. This makes performance a practical part of his interest in revival and sustainability, rather than merely a subject of academic description.[2]
Works and performances
His research includes Ghanaian Palmwine Music: Revitalizing a Tradition and Maintaining a Community.[3] The band's Legon Abrabɔ and 'Ɛtoɔ' provide recorded examples of the ensemble practice. A 2022 Oroko programme presented him discussing highlife history and the band's formation; its published description documents that appearance without requiring a claim that the full programme has been transcribed.[4]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 University of Ghana Department of Music: Eric Sunu Doe. Accessed 23 October 2026.
- ↑ Music In Africa: Legon Palmwine Band, biography and personnel. Accessed 23 October 2026.
- ↑ Eric Sunu Doe: Ghanaian Palmwine Music, indexed band-history and personnel passages. Accessed 23 October 2026.
- ↑ Oroko: The MnR Show, Eric Sunu Doe episode description, 30 November 2022. Accessed 23 October 2026.