Veteran artiste, Agya Koo Nimo, urges Ghanaian fans to bear with Shatta Wale and his way of living
Koo Nimo has encouraged Ghanaians to bear with Shatta Wale and his “unruly” behaviours.
The legendary Highlife musician and originator of Palm Wine Highlife music made a general plea on behalf of the dancehall artiste.
“I love Amakye Dede, I love Kojo Antwi, I love Daddy Lumba and many more.
“For the new generation, I like Akwaboah and Shatta Wale, and I will like to ask Ghanaians to bear with him, to tone down on the criticisms,”
This veteran, who was honoured with a Special Recognition Award at the just-ended 3Music Awards for his immense contribution to the culture, said this in a remote interview with Giovani Caleb on Showbiz 360 on TV3 Friday.
Koo Nimo has worked in various jobs in science and medical-related fields while maintaining his interest in music.
Along with one or two guitars and vocals, the traditional Ashanti palm wine ensemble consists of traditional instruments of West Africa, including the apentemma and the donno, the firikyiwa (metal castanet), the prempensua (rhumba box), the ntorowa (hollow gourd rattle with beads or seeds woven around it on a net), and the nnawuta (consisting of two iron bells that provide the key rhythmic pattern) or dawuro (banana-shaped bell).
In 1998, he was employed as a Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, for two years, before taking a similar position at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
In 2006, Koo Nimo moved back to Ghana, to the city of Kumasi. He appeared in a January 2007 episode of the American travel show Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, where he is shown playing music, discussing his music, and enjoying a lunch of stewed greater cane rat with host Anthony Bourdain.
SOURCE : SOIREENEWS
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