Syncopations 

In Africa we believe syncopations are your feelings. When I sit to play, if something comes to me I have to play it, no matter how difficult. I have to, because spiritually that rhythm came to the mind and the hand has to find a way to play it. Some people might call it improvisation. But to me it is just saying what you want to say. African music wakes people up to their own rhythm. African music gives you messages, gives you strength, philosophical ideas, it manipulates your brain, it heals any part of your body. Even the heart. You can be in a coma. If you hear a certain kind of drums, and if they have to wake you up, they will.

Kofi Ayivor