1971 жылғы "Жан-жанына" концерті: Ганадағы тәуелсіздік күні тойы

1971 documentary film by Denis Sanders
the album

Soul to Soul is a 1971 documentary film about the Independence Day concert held in Accra, Ghana, on 6 March 1971. It features an array of mostly American R&B, soul, rock, and jazz musicians. Directed by Denis Sanders, Soul to Soul was released in August 1971.

Ghana, after declaring its Independence on 6 March 1957, had made a variety of efforts to connect with African diasporans, some of whom—including Maya Angelou, W. E. B. Du Bois and George Padmore—lived in the West African nation for a time. In the mid 1960s, Angelou approached the government of Kwame Nkrumah and suggested bringing a number of African American artists to Ghana for the annual independence celebrations. Nkrumah was deposed before action could be taken, but when the American father son team of Ed Mosk and Tom Mosk approached the Ghana Arts Council in 1970 with an idea for a concert, the Council agreed. At 1970 West Africa concert by James Brown, Brown performed in Lagos, Nigeria, but he did not perform in Ghana. Of the musicians invited to perform, Wilson Pickett was by far the biggest star in Ghana. Organizers also unsuccessfully sought performances by Americans Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Booker T & The MG's, Louis Armstrong, and gospel singer Marion Williams. The show, with broadcaster Mike Eghan as MC, was held in Black Star Square (now Independence Square). Several at the show remarked that the band Santana, despite having only one black member, played the most "African sounding" music of the night. Some have argued that Santana's merger of Latin rhythms with rock music strongly influenced the development of Afrobeat.