SUMMARY FOR ARTICLE

We hypothesize that live music and dance drama provide a powerful technology to overcome barriers such as illiteracy, lack of adequate media access, inadequate health resources, and entrenched sociocultural attitudes. revised scripts were translated into dagbani and aug- mented with songs choreography and traditional musical styles used as the framework for dance dramas designed to appeal to villagers. use of a raised portable wooden stage custom-built for this project together with a wireless microphone pa system enabled a much larger village audience to benefit from the on- stage live dance drama and served as a kind of compromise between mediated forms with tremendous reach but only in areas where media reception is available and lacking the power of live performance interaction and traditional live forms which are limited by the angle of view and the scope of sound. the project produced three types of qualitative data focus group feedback tracking data and testimonials confirm- ing the quantitative results serving as a sanity check against purely numerical interpretation and enriching the project with case studies and feedback. not only do they sensitize attendees to health issues and convey concrete health information they also do so in an atmosphere charged with emotion and social solidarity and thus tend to form bonded collectivities with health concern at their core.