Mustapha Tettey Addy (born 1942 in
Avenor,
Accra,
Ghana
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) is a
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
ian
master drummer
In African drumming, the title of master drummer is given to a drummer who is well known by other masters for their high skill and knowledge. It is a title passed down from a master to their pupil, after they have learned all there is to know abou ...
and ethnomusicologist. 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.
He founded the
Academy of African Music and Arts (AAMA) at
Kokrobite beach near
Accra in 1988.
References
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External links
Mustapha Tettey Addy biographyfrom weltwunder.com site
Article about Addy family
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1942 births
Living people
Ghanaian drummers
Musicians from Accra