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Mustapha Tettey Addy

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Mustapha Tettey Addy's Obonu Drummers at Kokrobite

Mustapha Tettey Addy (born 1942 in Avenor, Accra, Ghana) is a Ghanaian master drummer and ethnomusicologist.[1][2][3][4] Addy is the founder of The Obonu Drummers, which performs creative drumming composed by Addy that is based upon the royal Obonu drumming of the Ga people and other Ghanaian drumming forms. He has recorded many albums and has performed extensively in Africa and Europe, and briefly in North America in the early 1970s and late 1990s.[5][6][7][8]

He founded the Academy of African Music and Arts (AAMA) at Kokrobite beach near Accra in 1988.[9]

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  1. ^ Gruppe, Bucher (July 2010). Musik in Ghan: Osibisa, Hiplife, Kpanlogo, Mustapha Tettey Addy, Shékere, Atenteben, Axatse. General Books LLC. ISBN 978-1-159-19213-6.
  2. ^ "Mustapha Tettey Addy - African Master Drummer From Ghana". African Music Safari. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  3. ^ Collins, Edmund John (1987). "Jazz Feedback to Africa". American Music. 5 (2): 176–193. doi:10.2307/3052161. ISSN 0734-4392. JSTOR 3052161.
  4. ^ "Mustapha Tettey Addy". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  5. ^ "Mustapha Tettey Addy - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  6. ^ "Mustapha Tettey Addy: Biography". www.weltwunder.com. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  7. ^ "Mustapha Tettey Addy - African Master Drummer From Ghana". African Music Safari. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  8. ^ Romero, Angel. "Artist Profiles: Mustapha Tettey Addy | World Music Central.org". Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  9. ^ "Quiet please. Drum lesson in progress". The Independent. 2002-10-13. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  1. Duckworth, Katie (2002-10-13), "Quiet please. Drum lesson in progress", The Independent, archived from the original on 2008-01-01, retrieved 2007-10-16
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