Eddie Donkor
 Eddie Donkor | |
|---|---|
| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | 6 ga Maris, 1942 |
| ƙasa | Ghana |
| Mutuwa | 1995 |
| Karatu | |
| Harsuna | Turanci |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a | mawaƙi |
Edward Kofi Donkor (An haife shi a shekarar 1942 - Ya rasu a shekarar 1995) ya kasance babban mawaƙin kasar Ghana. Ya shahara ana kiranshi Babban Eddie Donkor ko Eddie Donkor Senior.
Rayuwar farko
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Eddie Donkor a Akropong a Yankin Gabas na Gold Coast (yanzu Ghana) a ranar 6 ga watan Maris, shekarar 1942. Babban iliminsa ya kasance a Makarantar Presbyterian ta Akropong. Yana sha'awar kiɗa tun yanada ƙuruciya.[1]
Aikin kiɗa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Ƙungiyar Eddie Donkor ita ce 'African Brothers Band' wadda aka ƙaddamar da ita a gidan silima' da ke Accra a shekarar 1963. Asalin mambobin ƙungiyar su ne Eddie Donkor (muryoyi da kaɗe-kaɗe), Patrick Ampadu (Paa-Still), Rover Kofi Amoh, Malami Maxwell Boateng, A. Koo Ofori, Kwame Anim, Nana Nyarko, Yaw Asante da Yaw Owusu. Daga baya ya bar wannan rukunin don kafa ƙungiyarsa, Babban Eddie Donkor da 'The Asiko Internationals Band'.[1] Daya daga cikin waɗanda suka yi nasara waɗanda suka kafa wannan ƙungiya ita ce Nana Kwame Ampadu wacce ita ma ta zama fitacciyar mawakiyar 'highlife'.[2]
Ya kasance daya daga cikin fitattun mawakan kiɗa na 'highlife' a kasar Ghana kuma ya zagaya ƙasashe daban -daban ciki har da Amurka. Mawakan Eddie Donkor sun yi wasa a wasu manyan wuraren shakatawa a Ghana ya shahara sosai. Mai kama da yawancin makada da raye raye a lokacin, galibi ana yin wasan kwaikwayo tare da wasan barkwanci yayin tsaka -tsaki. Shahararrun yan wasan barkwanci kamar Bob Okala galibi suna zagayawa tare da Babban Eddie Donkor.[3]
Yawancin wakokinsa an yi su da harshen Twi. An rera wasu daga cikinsu cikin harsuna fiye da daya. "Corner Fast," "Maye Hot," da "New King, New Law" duk sun ƙunshi harsuna sama da ɗaya a cikin waƙar.[4]
Iyali
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]'Yar Donkor, Abena Nyarteh ita ma ta shiga kiɗa a cikin 1980s.[5]
Mutuwa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Eddie Donkor ya rasu a ranar 24 ga watan Afrilu, shekara ta 1995. An binne shi a mahaifarsa ta Akropong.[1]
Binciken hoto
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Singles
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Albums da tattarawa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Eddie Donkor ya fitar da wasu kundin wakoki musamman tare da ƙungiyarsa ta Internationals.[10]
- Asiko Darling (LP)
- Asiko Guys (LP) – da Major Baah a kan Odo Nsuo
- Eye Banker (LP)
- King Of Rhythm Power (LP) (1972) Gapophone Records[11]
- Menom Kooko (LP)
- N.C.N.C. No Contribution No Chop – CD compilation
- Wo Nso Try (LP)[12]
- Yebu Didi (1990) Agya Paye Records.[13]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Legends of Ghanaian Highlife Music: Senior Eddie Donkoh". african-research.com/. African Research Consult. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ Koulibaly, Kouame (9 April 2020). "Nana Kwame Ampadu: The great storyteller of our time is 75". graphic.com.gh. Accra: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
They included Sam Derchie, Teacher Boateng, Oppong Kyekyeku, Nanaba Amoako, Senior Eddie Donkor and Prince Osei Kofi. He said he felt proud to have mentored those guys and more.
- ↑ "Ghanaian Music". New York Times Magazine. 4 September 1987. p. 20. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ Oduro-Frimpong, Joseph (2009). "Glocalization Trends: The Case of Hiplife Music in Contemporary Ghana". International Journal of Communication. 3: 1092. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ Collins, John (June 2003). "GHANAIAN WOMEN ENTER INTO POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT". Humanities Review Journal. Humanities Research Forum, University of Ibadan and Obefemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. 3 (1): 1–10. ISSN 1596-0749.
Important Akan recording artists who also began their careers in the seventies included Mumbea, Janet Osei and Awura Ama. They were followed in the eighties by Abena Nyarteh (daughter of the late Senior Eddie Donkor)
- ↑ "Eddie Donkor & The internationals – Ampokyekye – Gapophone – Ghana". youtube.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Snr. Eddie Donkor & Internationals. Na Me Cause. Ghana". youtube.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ "Snr Eddie Donkor & The Internationals – D. K. Poison mo (Ghana)". youtube.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ "Snr Eddie Donkor (The Rhythm king) & His Internationals – Woka bi a tie (Ghana)", youtube.com, retrieved 30 July 2020
- ↑ "Eddie Donkor". Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ "Eddie Donkor – King Of Rhythm Power". Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ "SENIOR EDDIE DONKOR & INT BAND OF GHANA LP wo nso try GHANA mp3 LISTEN". groovyrecord.ecrater.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ "Super Snr. Eddie Donkor* – Yebu Di – Di –". Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.