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Osibisa

Formed in 1969

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Osibisa is a Ghanaian-Caribbean Afro rock band founded in London in the late 1960s by four expatriate West African and three London-based Caribbean musicians.

Osibisa was one of the most successful and longest lived of the African-heritage bands in London, alongside such contemporaries as Assagai, Dudu Pukwana, Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, Demon Fuzz, The Funkees, Cymande, Black Velvet, and Noir, and was largely responsible for the establishment of world music and Afro-rock as a marketable genre.

The original band that featured on the first three studio albums was universally known as the "Beautiful Seven", also a song on their album Woyaya.

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Osibisa est un groupe britannique d'afro-pop, originaire de Londres. Il est formé en 1969 par trois musiciens ghanéens et trois musiciens caribéens. Au départ, il est constitué de Teddy Osei (saxophone et voix), Mac Tontoh (trompette et voix), Sol Amarfio (batterie et voix), du Nigérien Loughty Lassisi Amao (percussions), et les Caraïbiens Robert Bailey (claviers), Spartacus R. (basse), du Camerounais Jean Dikoto Mandengue (basse) et Wendell Richardson (guitare et voix).

Au fur et à mesure des années, les membres changent et d'autres musiciens, comme Kiki Gyan, jouent avec le groupe. Kiki Gyan a composé la plupart des titres de l'album Ojah Awake.

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