Music
Kiki Gyan: Osibisa’s teenage keyboard prodigy and “24 Hours in a Disco”
Kiki Gyan joined the Afro-rock band Osibisa as a teenager in the 1970s and became one of Africa's…
Afro-rock
Arts + Culture
Hugh Masekela came to Accra looking for a band. Hedzoleh Soundz became his partners on a 1973 classic
In the early 1970s, the South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, living in exile, travelled to West Africa and…
Arts + Culture
Four West Africans and three Caribbeans in 1969 London: how Osibisa took Afro-rock into the British charts
Osibisa formed in London in 1969, led by Ghanaian saxophonist Teddy Osei. Their 1971 debut album reached number…