Joseph Woyee is a

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

n singer, drummer, composer and Zoto artist.

Biography

Woyee was born in Greenville, Sinoe County, in

to a teacher and a medical office worker. After his family moved to the capital Monrovia, Woyee helped to found "The Children of the Green Acres," one of the first bands that played Liberian-style music as opposed to U.S. pop music. In 1980, Woyee moved to the U.S. to attend the University of Minnesota, and, as of 2007, was working in Minnesota and producing Liberian-style music. He once described the newly formed

African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the Africa ...

as "a good idea that is guaranteed to go bad."

References

External links

Kinzo Music Works
including photo of Woyee

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Liberian singers University of Minnesota alumni People from Sinoe County American drummers Musicians from Monrovia {{Drummer-stub