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10th anniversary film festival performance by Obo Addy and his band Okropong

Courtesy of Mary Holmström, CFAF Founding Member2000

Cascade Festival Of African Films

Cascade Festival Of African Films
Portland, United States

Award winning performing artist Obo Addy, and his band Okropong open our 10th annual anniversary festival. Obo Addy 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.

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  • Title: 10th anniversary film festival performance by Obo Addy and his band Okropong
  • Creator: Courtesy of Mary Holmström, CFAF Founding Member
  • Date Created: 2000
  • External Link: 10th Cascade Festival of African Films
Cascade Festival Of African Films

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