Obo Addy

Obo Addy
Addy in 2009
Background information
Born	January 15, 1936 Accra, Ghana
Died	September 13, 2012(2012-09-13) (aged 76) Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Genres	Worldbeat
Occupation(s)	Musician, dancer, professor
Instrument	Drum
Years active	1969–2012

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.^[1]