• The Ogyatanaa Show Band - African Fire Yerefrefre | Vinyl LP

The Ogyatanaa Show Band

African Fire Yerefrefre

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COLOUR
  • Black
YEAR
  • 2020 (1975)
EXTRAS
  • Reissue
IF YOU LIKE
  • Folk, World, & Country, African, Highlife

Survival Research present a reissue of Ogyatanaa Show Band's African Fire Yerefrefre, originally released in 1975. The Ogyatanaa, or Burning Fire Show Band, was one of the more esteemed of the funky highlife groups that rocked the Ghanaian music scene during the 1970s. The band was formed in 1971 by diplomat-turned-composer, musical arranger, organist, vocalist, and record producer Kwadwo Donkoh (a former member of the Uhuru Dance Band), with guitarist and bandleader Nana Ofori-Atta (AKA Ahomansia Wura) and other members that later left the group.

Genre: African, Folk, Funk, and Soul