Ba-ere Yotere

Accra, Ghana

Ba-ere Yotere is a master gyil performer, teacher, and builder from Saru, Northern Ghana. He was taught the gyil repertoire and practice by his grandfather, Dannah Dommoche, the patriarch of a traditional family of gyil masters. He toured internationally in 1994 and 1996 with the late Kakraba Lobi; one of only two people to ever do so.