Atongo Zimba
{{Short description|Ghanaian musician and griot}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Atongo Zimba
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| alias = Ghanaian
| birth_date = 1967
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| origin = Ghana
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| genre = Highlife
| occupation = Griot
| years_active = 1994-present
| label = Hippo Records
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Atongo Zimba (born 1967) is a musician and griot from Ghana. His tours in Europe, South America and Africa{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/womad2005/woys_atongo.shtml |title= WOMAD 2005 |first=Andy |last=Morgan |publisher= BBC Radio 3}} include a benefit for the 2010 Haiti earthquake, at the Alliance Française in Accra.{{cite news |title= Stars Sing For Haiti |newspaper= Daily Guide |date= 26 January 2010 |url=http://www.modernghana.com/sports/260961/2/stars-sing-for-haiti.html}} His 1994 album Allah Mongode was recorded in Switzerland. His album Barefoot in the Sand was nominated "African CD of the Year" in 2007 by Amsterdam television. His recording of "In Heaven There Is No Beer | No Beer in Heaven" was a major hit in Ghana in 2004.{{cite web |url=http://www.musicinghana.com/migsite/artist/index.php?artid=67
|title=Atongo Zimba |access-date=5 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611201341/http://www.musicinghana.com/migsite/artist/index.php?artid=67 |archive-date=11 June 2010}}
Discography
- Allah Mongode 1994{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/allah-mungode-mt0013488368|title=Allah mungode|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=2020-02-27}}
- Savannah Breeze 2005
- Barefoot in the Sand (October 2007)
- 'A to Z' Album{{Citation |title=The AtoZ Album Launch of Atongo Zimba at +233 Jazz Bar |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORBrbI5LnWw |language=en |access-date=2022-03-21}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.rnw.nl/english/radioshow/chiwoniso-zimbabwe-and-atongo-zimba-ghana Contains a video of a live performance.]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XS5goLOhS8 "Atongo Zimba - No Beer in Heaven"], YouTube.
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Category:Ghanaian highlife musicians
Category:20th-century Ghanaian male singers
Category:21st-century Ghanaian male singers
Category:21st-century Ghanaian singers
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