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Tue, Jun 16th
King Sunny Ade presented by The Center for World Music
Chad’s Staff Pick
9:00 PM Doors at 8:00 PM
$25.00 / $27.00 day of show
Read KPBS feature on Nigerian legend King Sunny here
For 30 years King Sunny Ade has been thrilling audiences and listeners with dynamic live performances creative videos and innovative recordings of juju music, a music of broad social messages. Rooted in the ancient Yoruba tradition of conveying broad social and cultural messages. Musically it is a thrilling hybrid of Western pop and traditional African music that incorporates electric guitars and synthesizers with such indigenous instruments as talking drums.
$1.00 of every ticket will be donated to the Center For World Music’s education program called “World Music in the Schools and Community”.
King Sunny Ade, sometimes also called the Minister of Enjoyment, was born in Oshogbo, Nigeria in 1946, the son of a Methodist minister. He began his musical career when, after dropping out of grammer school, he drifted to Lagos and joined… (Read More)
The Center for World Music is a nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is to foster awareness and understanding of the world’s performing arts and cultural traditions through programs of performance and teaching, including workshops and cultural tours abroad. (Read More)
