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wɔwoo August Azaglo wɔ afe 1924 mu wɔ Kpalimé, Togo - ɛnɛ ɔwuiɛ wɔ afe 2000 mu wɔ Korhogo,Northern Ivory Coast. ɔgyinaa ne nan so firi afe 1955 kɔ si 1995 wɔ Korhogo. Cornelius Yao Augustt Azaglo[1] kɔtenaa Korhogo wɔ Ivory Coast atifi fam wɔ afe 1955 mu, na ɔde ne ‘mfoninitwa afidie adaka’, nsaanodwuma ID mfonini ahodoɔ dii dwuma. Ɔbuee ne "North Studio" wɔ afe 1958 mu, a na ɔwɔ 6x6 Rolleiflex.[2]

N'abrabɔ

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Azaglo kyerɛkyerɛ ne ho mu sɛ ‘mfiridwuma ho nimdefo pa’, adwumfo fi sini a ɔtow so kosi sini a ɔyɛe so saa bere no kosi ne nneɛma a enye bɛyɛ 100,000 a wɔkyekyɛ mu, a ne fa kɛse no ara yɛ mfonini. ‘Sɛ adetɔfo no ba me studio no mu a, odi kan hwɛ ahwehwɛ mu. Esiane fifiri nti, ɛtɔ da bi a mede powder bi gu m’anim. Afei mede no si anim wɔ mfoninitwa afiri no anim’, ɔkaMpɛn pii no, ɔde moto fi hɔ a ne mfiri a ɔde twa mfonini no tu kwan kɔ nkuraase nkuraa a ɛbɛn hɔ no so. Wɔ kurow kɛse no mu beae, a ɔde kotoku ntama atrɛw mu wɔ atɛkyɛ fasu ho no, twa akuraa no asefo mfonini wɔ owia a ɛrehyew no ase. Azaglo di nkonim wɔ hɔ sɛ ɔtow wɔn akuafo a wɔyɛ den no hwɛbea. Mfonini ahorow a ɛbɛba wɔ ɛno akyi nyinaa, bere mpo a wɔatwa wɔ ne studio wɔ kanea ase no, bɛhwehwɛ sɛ wɔbɛtow saa hwɛbea ahorow yi. ‘Nea ɛho hia ne tebea ne aniwa. Sɛ aniwa nni hɔ a, mintumi nyɛ tuo'. Saa mfoninitwa a ɛnyɛ den na ɛyɛ tẽẽ yi, a enni nkɛntɛnso biara no, ɛsɛ sɛ etu mpɔn. Mfoninitwafo no brand: nokware ugly bare.

N'adwumayɛ

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Bere a kɔla ‘minilabs’ a edi kan wɔ Afrika bae wɔ 1980 mfe no mu no, abibifo ne aborɔfo adwumayɛbea dodow bi to mu na wɔsɛe nneɛma a wɔkora so. 'North Studio' dwumadi a ɛyare fi 1990 mfe no mu nanso Azaglo da so ara de ne ho ahyɛ n'adwuma mu. Ɔde ne dan sii studio no ntwea so baabi a ɔtraa hɔ kosii ne wu mu wɔ afe 2000. Ɔde ahobrɛase kae sɛ ‘Mahwɛ m’adwuma so’.

Ivoryani mfoninitwafo Dorris Haron Kasco na ohui wɔ afe 1993 mu sɛ mfoninitwa adwumayɛbea ahorow a ɛwɔ Ivory Coast (adwuma bi a wɔfrɛ no Revue Noire) a wɔaboaboa ano no fa, ɔde ne ho hyɛɛ Mfoninitwa Nhyiam a edi kan a wɔyɛe wɔ Bamako mu wɔ 1994 mu ansa na wɔde ayɛyɛde kɛse rema no sɛ wɔ afe 2001. D. H. Kasco bɛyɛ di dwuma wɔ 1998-2001 mu sini bi a ɛfa Azaglo, Djataala sunsuma lessee asetra ho.

Baabi a menyaa mmoa firiiɛ

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  1. https://www.artnet.com/artists/corn%C3%A9lius-yao-august-azaglo/untitled-a-1uTCOFpkDlsGN0WB20upNA2, retrieved 2023-11-28 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Cornélius Azaglo – Photo | Revue Noire, retrieved 2023-11-28