Obo Addy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Obo Addy

musician

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1936

Place of Birth: Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Date of Death: 13-Sep-2012

Profession: musician, dancer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Obo Addy (January 15, 1936 – September 13, 2012) was a Ghanaian drummer and dancer who was one of the first native African musicians to bring the fusion of traditional folk music and Western pop music known as worldbeat to Europe and then to the Pacific Northwest of the United States in the late 1970s.
He taught music at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.