Role Music creator Name Baba Okulolo | Website babaken.com Labels Inner Spirit Records | |
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Born September 12, 1950
Aladja, Delta State, Nigeria ( 1950-09-12 ) Genres traditional, Afrobeat, Afrorock, highlife Instruments Bass guitar, drums, vocals Associated acts The West African Highlife Band, the Nigerian Brothers Albums African Drum Songs, We Are All From Africa, Best of Baba Ken Okulolo & Kotoja Similar People Monomono, Victor Olaiya, Afrolicious, Rex Lawson, King Sunny Ade | ||
Occupation(s) Musician, instructor Record label Inner Spirit Records | ||
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Babá Ken Okulolo (born September 12, 1950) is a Nigerian bassist and bandleader who was first seen in the U.S. in 1985 with King Sunny Ade's world-touring band. He has played with renowned Afrobeat creator Fela Anikulapo Kuti, highlife master Victor Olaiya, and was a founder of the Afro-rock group Monomono in the 1970s. Now based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he leads four bands that represent his various musical specialties: Kotoja (an international Afro-funk band); the Nigerian Brothers (traditional folk music); the West African Highlife Band (highlife hits of yesteryear); and the Afro-Beat Connexion (modern Afrobeat collaboration with other African and American musicians). Babá Ken has also headlined such venues as Lincoln Center, The Fillmore, The Warfield, LACMA, the Oakland Coliseum, Yoshi's, The Greek Theater, and the Great American Music Hall.
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We Are All From AfricaWe Are All From Africa · 2009
SawaleBest of Babá Ken Okulolo & Kotoja · 2007
Freedom Is whatBest of Babá Ken Okulolo & Kotoja · 2007