Welcome to Funky Friday and the Music group for the Week is Osibisa.
Formed in London in 1969 by three Ghanaian and three Caribbean musicians, Osibisa played a central role in developing an awareness of African music among European and North American audiences in the 70’s.
Their music is a fusion of African, Caribbean, jazz, funk, rock, Latin, and R&B and highlife. he name Osibisa was described in lyrics, album notes and interviews as meaning “criss-cross rhythms that explode with happiness” but it actually comes from “osibisaba” the Fante word for highlife.
The Ghanaian founder members of Osibisa – Teddy Osel (saxaphone), Sol Amarfio (drums) and Mac Tontah, Teddy’s brother (trumpet) – were seasoned members of the Accra highlife scene before they moved to London to launch their attack on the world stage. Osel and Amaflio had played in the Star Gazers, a top Ghanaian highlife band, before setting up the Comets, who scroed a large West African hit with their 1958 single ‘Pete, Pete’.
Here is one of their songs to get you into the Friday mood:
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