The songs of Akwaba are from the 70’s and the beginning of the 80’s they can be compared to the North American Soul of the seventies, all the songs are from Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and the Ivory Coast.
With Different artists like Franco from Zaire, the late Prince Nico Mbarga and his famous Rocafil Jazz (the Rocafil were a pair of high length stiletto shoes like the Drag queen’s wear) from Nigeria, the late Ernesto Djedje from The Ivory Coast, Etc.
BIG O decided to put together a compilation of tracks from a true Africans point of view, he felt that there were a lot of West European compilations that mentioned the term Afro-Beat, but where was the Afro side in these records?
All of the songs of Akwaba can be listen to by all music lovers worldwide like Producers, Singers, Diggers, African music lovers, etc. when you listen to this album you can here all the African influences in all genres of music (house, Drum & bass, rap, r&b).
What you have here are some classics of the African community, and the older generation will remember these songs and cherish them as if they were delicate “souvenirs” of a time past. This is a celebration to the parents all around the world before Kofi Olomide, Youssou N’Dour or Femi Kuti, African music was big, never forget that...
Akwaba means welcome in Akan, this was a large West African ethnic group (Ivory Coast, Ghana).
