Amandzeba Nat Brew (also referred to as Nat Brew (Amandzeba), and Amandzeba), 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

highlife Highlife is a music genre that started in present-day Ghana in the 19th century, during its history as a colony of the British Empire and through its trade routes in coastal areas. It describes multiple local fusions of African metre and wester ...

artist.

Early life

Amandzeba is an alumnus of the Christian Methodist Senior High School in Accra.

Musical career

Amandzeba first became known as part of the band Nakorex, formed in 1992 with Akosua Agyapong and

Rex Omar Rex Omar (real name Rex Owusu Marfo) is a Ghanaian highlife artist. He first rose to prominence in 1989 with the Aware Pa album which also included the track, Wodofo Ne Hwan? Following this, in 1992 he formed the Highlife Supergroup Nakorex tog ...

. Amandzeba later became married to Akosua Agyapong, though they were subsequently divorced. Amandzeba is most known in

for his song ''Wogbejeke'', off the album of the same name. Following the success of ''Wogbejeke'', Nat Brew adopted the name Amandzeba, meaning "Tradition Child" or "Custom Child", to reflect his African roots. In January 2020 Amandzeba signed with US label Jah Mikal Entertainment and announced the release of a new album and a collaboration with the US rapper, Michael Morgan, to make a remix of ''Wogbejeke''. Amandzeba was briefly hospitalised following a car-accident in the same month. In May 2020 Amandzeba released a song honouring frontline workers during the

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pandemic.

Political activities

Amandzeba has also been active in politics, singing a duet with President John Mahama during the 2016 Ghanaian election campaign and criticising the African Union in 2018. Amandzeba has offered to support the political platform of any political party that will pay for his services.

References

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