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Benin is also home to zouk musicians such as Richard Flash, Martin Hode, and Miss Espoir. Kaleta (Leon LIGAN-Majek) is a Beninois guitarist, singer, percussionist, band leader who has played, recorded and toured with Fela Kuti, King Sunny Adé and Lauryn Hill. He is the founder of the Afrobeat band Zozo Afrobeat and Co-founder of AKOYA Afrobeat.
Father Gilbert Jean Dagnon. Adopted. 30 July 1960. Audio sample. U.S. Navy Band instrumental version. file. help. " L'Aube nouvelle " ("The Dawn of a New Day") is the national anthem of Benin. Written and composed by Father Gilbert Jean Dagnon, it was adopted upon independence of the Republic of Dahomey from France in 1960.
Angélique Kidjo. Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo[1][2][3] (/ ˌɒ̃ʒəˈliːk ˈkɪdʒuː, - ˈkɪdʒoʊ /; [4][5][6] born July 14, 1960) is a Beninese - French singer-songwriter, actress and activist noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. Kidjo was born into a family of performing ...
Edo funk is a musical style from Benin City, Edo State, created in the early 1970s. [1] The Edo Funk music genre is a cosmopolitan popular dance music with integrating elements from the native Edo culture and fusing them with new sound effects coming from Nigerian night-clubs. [1] Nick Roseblade describes Edo Funk as " [a] hybrid music that ...
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Adjogan music is endemic to Porto-Novo. [16] The style of music is played on an alounloun, a stick with metallic rings attached which jingle in time with the beating of the stick. [citation needed] The alounloun is said to descend from the staff of office of King Te-Agdanlin and was traditionally played to honour the King and his ministers.
Gangbé Brass Band at the 2009 Nuremberg Bardentreffen. The Gangbé Brass Band is a 10-member Beninese musical ensemble founded in 1994. The word "gangbe" means "sound of metal" in the Fon language. They blend West African jùjú and traditional Vodou music with Western jazz and big-band sounds. Their unusual instrumentation---trumpet, trombone ...
Ewe music. Ewe music is the music of the Ewe people of Togo, Ghana, and Benin, West Africa. Instrumentation is primarily percussive and rhythmically the music features great metrical complexity. Its highest form is in dance music including a drum orchestra, but there are also work (e.g. the fishing songs of the Anlo migrants [1]), play, and ...