African Brothers Band International of Ghana | Enyimba Di N'aba (Ghana 1983) [FULL ALBUM]
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- “Perhaps half a dozen times a year, Nana [Ampadu] and his [African Brothers] band will hold a dance, sometimes at a small hotel in a residential section of Accra like Kaneshie or Asylum Down, sometimes at a major nightclub like Apollo Theatre or Tiptoe Gardens. It is always necessary to fight the crowd in order to see him. Once one is past the crush at the door, there is often no place to sit. The dance floor is shoulder to shoulder with fans dancing non-stop ...
“Most dancers are involved in projecting themselves into the music, and they dance coolly, perhaps singing the songs to themselves and thinking about the lyrics. Their facial expressions are almost inward-looking, though they are always ready to look up, smile and greet each other...”
“When the African Brothers play live, they really wind it up. When performing at a dance, they stretch out in the instrumental sections of their songs, laying down a solid groove and taking long solos. Nana is a small man, extremely handsome; the expression on his face when he plays looks simultaneously like that of a wise old man and a playful child. He has especially good rapport with his audiences, and when he plays his guitar, he watches his dancers just as a master drummer would, fulfilling all the interlocutor roles of a traditional African musician. When he says something, the audience roars.”
-John Miller Chernoff
Nana Kwame Ampadu is the quintessential songwriter, philosopher and storyteller of Ghanaian highlife music.
Born in 1945 in Adiemmra, Ampadu was known for his storytelling prowess from a young age. He combined those skills with highlife-style guitar, which he learned with the help of P.K. Yamoah.
Ampadu would become the “single most important folk commentator in Ghana’s contemporary history,” according to Kwesi Yankah, forming the African Brothers Band with rhythm guitarist Eddie Donkor in 1963.
Using proverbs, witticisms and idioms, Ampadu’s songs often delivered moral lessons and social or political critiques. That was the case with the African Brothers Band’s breakout hit, 1967’s “Ebi Tie Ye” (“some live well”). Yankah described the song’s story this way:
“Once there was a meeting of all the animals to discuss the concerns of the animal world. All the animals were present, including Leopard and the orphan Antelope. It so happened that Leopard took a seat directly behind orphan Antelope and started mistreating him. He clawed Antelope's tail to the ground, making it impossible for him to actively participate in the discussion. No sooner would orphan Antelope begin to speak than Leopard would silence him, with a warning that the meeting was not meant for skinny creatures. The mistreatment went on until orphan Antelope could bear it no longer. He plucked up courage and made a loud plea to the presiding chairman. ‘Petition on the floor, point of order,’ he said. ‘Mr. Chairman, secretary, elders here assembled. I move for an immediate adjournment of the meeting, because some of us are not favorably positioned. Some are favorably, other are not.’ As soon as the meeting saw through the words of the Antelope, there was an immediate adjournment.”
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FROM RECORD SLEEVE: ALBUM DESCRIPTION AND CREDITS
African Brothers International Band of Ghana led by Nana Ampadu
“Enyimba Di Naba”
SIDE ONE
Onipa nnse Hwe
Anibere Nye
Susu Manonye Wo De
SIDE TWO
Kwabena Amao
Kofi Nkrabea
Masis Maso
Recording Engineers: F. Kwakye J. Archer
Sound Mixer: F. Kwakye
Produced by John Uzoh and Justin Morah
Executive Production coordinator: R. Francis
Manufactured by: Makossa International Records, Inc. New York, New York
Distributed by: African Record Stores Ltd.
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When Ghanians Came in, in Nigeria it was only i Igbo Land they Feel at home and We Loved their Music and they know that we Loved them both theirs Music, Especially, Aba and Onitsha.
Well said
You are very right bro
True that my brother the love ❤️ was massive as Nana used to tell me when I was his driver/secretary in the early eighties and later early two thousands when he USA and stayed with me in the Bronx NY. May his soul rest in perfect peace ✌️
Chai! Nostalgia!!!! Goosebumps all my body. Grooveland hotel Enugu state, south east Nigeria. RIP/God bless Nana Ampadu! My father's turn table was filled with your records when i was little late 80s as a kid. I thank God i was privileged to meet you in 2015 performing live and took a picture with you in 2015 at Spintex Accra. Rip legend!❤😢
Me too... after 40 years.
Thank you for sharing this memory!
This talented Ghanaian musician and other talented Ghanaian musicians lived and reign like kings back then in Nigeria ! They had larger than life images in the south eastern Nigeria till tomorrow. Then music had no language or tribe or ethnicity, The igbos loved them much more than their own local artists and made them global brands !!
Ghana music that put Igbos of 70s & 80s into traunce .
Nana Ampadu will never die on this Earth. even he is dead and burried but still alive and living in our memories .I am always with him.His music OBIBINI BLACK MAN should be brought back as well as PUTUO DADA .
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"T3kyer3ma pa mporo," translates thus, metaphorically, a good tongue does not decompose.
Born in Onitsha,After My Grandpa Osadebe. Then Nana Ampadu i love hearing
Some of the best, most joyful music in the world.
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One of the greatest guitar rhythms ever played by an artist.. Well done nana
Evergreen ❤❤
I be igbo and i love Nana ....
I don't even understand the meaning, I use Nana music to learn how to smoke weed.. late 90's from Anambra state to Southafrica Anytime I role weed if i didn't play Nana or other Ghana highlife music I no fit smoke... I later meet Ghana guys for d love I have for d songs we later became friends.. They began to explain the song well... it got feelings & meaning
😮onye ife😅
Onye ibe
That's the music you hear when visit the local joints where they sell ganja in umuahia appolo paluma jokin jakwa bunk
And that is why the ibos are more in Ghana today than any other tribe in Nigeria, me watched the instalation of one ibo guy named dr.Chwukudi as igwe of the ibos in Ghana, he was a fiend to the former president of Ghana John Mahama then.
Nana no musician in Ghana would be like you, with your wisdom words Nana may the almighty God keep your soul alive amen. " OBUOR Kumasi
I love it too
I somuch love this song ❤
Great songs. RIP Nana Ampadu!
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Nana Rest In Perfect Peace... Your Rare Genre And Unsurpassed... Africa And World At Large Thanks You 🙏🙏🙏
Thnx for this far back number❤
My pleasure 😊
continue to rest well
NANA KWAME AMPADU
To me is inspirational, I known this music ,over 30 years now.
Thank you for listening
Chai old is gold ❤
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Chaiiiiii listening tonight in Canada 😂😂😂
The lead and rythem guitars are too professionally managed. For few that know what melody and good musics are we know he did very well. Rest in peace
You were a great musician, if not for anyother thing you sang on parts. It must always be treble and tenor combined to give melody meanings.
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Hmmm no size oo . all the lead guitar you are hearing is being played by him
Saddam all the way
Did you rip the Vinyl? Or did you download the songs? If you ripped it, do you have the FLAC version? It would be nice if you could post a download link.
This is recorded directly from the vinyl. Here are the mp3 and FLAC files for your enjoyment: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8vzxppo923hkexktmfn69/Enyimba-Di-N-aba-full-album.flac?rlkey=m6i58mnank7ghyoburzoollcb&dl=0