Osibisa
Sign in to saveOsibisa is a Ghanaian-Caribbean Afro rock band founded in London in the late 1960s by four expatriate West African and three London-based Caribbean musicians.
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Osibisa
- Musical artist.background
- group_or_band
- Musical artist.image
- Osibisa.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Osibisa performing in 2008
- Musical artist.alias
- O-S-I-B-I-S-A, Osi Bisa, Osibisi, Osibissa, オシビサ
- Musical artist.origin
- Accra, Ghana and London, England
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1969–present
- Musical artist.label
- MCA Records, Bronze, Island, Decca (US), Warner Bros., Red Steel, Flying Elephant, BGO
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.osibisa.co.uk
- Image
- Osibisa.jpg
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- Commons category
- Osibisa
- inception
- 1969-01-01
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- native label
- Osibisa
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14 sectionsContents
- History
- Artistry
- Music
- Album covers
- Musicians - original band
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Live albums
- Compilations
- Singles
- Videography
- Literature
- References
- External links
Osibisa is a Ghanaian-Caribbean Afro rock band founded in London in the late 1960s by four expatriate West African and three London-based Caribbean musicians.
Osibisa was the most successful and longest lived of the African-heritage bands in London, alongside such contemporaries as Assagai, Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, Demon Fuzz, Black Velvet, and Noir, and was largely responsible for the establishment of world music and Afro-rock as a marketable genre.
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1969 establishments in EnglandBlack British musical groupsBritish world music groupsBronze Records artistsDecca Records artistsEnglish progressive rock groupsGhanaian highlife musiciansGhanaian male musiciansGhanaian musical groupsIsland Records artistsMCA Records artistsMusical groups established in 1969Rock music groups from LondonWarner Records artists