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Need an African band for your next event?
Dada Nii is the leader of two Adelaide-based bands: The Damushi Ensemble and The Dada Nii Experience.
These bands are available for:
For more information call us on 0424 551 852.
The Damushi Ensemble
The Damushi Ensemble plays traditional, acoustic West African drumming rhythms and songs. Dada Nii leads the ensemble in a variety of authentic rhythms that depict the rich cultural life of West African communities. A range of percussion instruments are combined with beautiful harmonies and driving rhythms to celebrate events such as naming, puberty and purification ceremonies, the birth of twins, hunting, bountiful harvests and thanksgiving to ancestors.
Each member of the band has studied drumming, dance and percussion in Ghana.
The band was formed in 2003 and has played at numerous festivals around South Australia. Highlights have included performances at 'The Big Day Out' in Adelaide (2005 and 2006) and 'African Journey!' at Adelaide's Festival Theatre (2006). The band can perform as a three to nine piece ensemble.
The Dada Nii Experience
The Dada Nii Experience is a high-energy dance band led by Dada Nii Okwabi, a dynamic singer and drummer from Ghana, West Africa. Dada Nii's powerful stage presence has ignited audiences across Ghana, the UK and Australia. Backed by six Latin and jazz-trained musicians, the band's glorious harmonies, inspired sax solos and impressive five-piece rhythm section have audiences grooving to the sounds of funk, highlife, Afrobeat, reggae and soukous, and begging for more!
To see a videoclip of the band go to www.myspace.com/professordadanii.
The Damushi Ensemble in Ghana
Dada Nii is the leader of The Damushi Ensemble in Ghana. This band consists of twelve drummers, dancers and singers (including Dada Nii), all of whom are accomplished musicians in their own right. They perform traditional Ghanaian music, highlife and contemporary African styles. The ensemble regularly performs at clubs, celebrations, festivals and occasional state events in Accra and southern Ghana. Their largest performances have been at the annual 'Homowo' festival in Accra (celebrated by the Ga tribe to mark the end of famine in past times) and the biennial 'Panafest' (Pan African Festival), where they performed in 2003 and 2005. Panafest, which is designed to unite Africans on the continent and in the diaspora, is one of the largest festivals in Ghana. In addition to their live performances the ensemble provided backing vocals and instrumental music for Dada Nii's most recent albums Kaawie (2001) and Sea Never Dry (2006) and is featured in the video clips of songs from Sea Never Dry, which are shown regularly on Ghana television. |
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The Damushi Ensemble at the YHA Peace Festival, Adelaide SA
The Damushi Ensemble at the Hyatt Regency,
Adelaide SA
The Dada Nii Experience
Photo: Morne De Klerk. Property of
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