Sol Amarfio
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| birth_name = Solomon Amarki Amarfio
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|9|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Accra, Ghana
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|12|13|1938|9|22|df=y}}
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| nickname = "The Rhythm Man"
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| nationality = Ghanaian
| occupation = drummer, songwriter
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Solomon Amarki "Sol" Amarfio (22 September 1938 – 13 December 2022) was a Ghanaian drummer and songwriter. He was the drummer of Osibisa and also wrote songs for the band. With the band he scored a worldwide hit with The Coffee Song (1976), Sunshine Day (1976) and Pata Pata (1980).{{cite web|url=https://www.top40hitdossier.nl/nieuws-nieuws-drummer-sol-amarfio-84-van-osibisa-overleden |title=Drummer Sol Amarfio (84) van Osibisa overleden|work=top40hitdossier.nl|date=15 December 2022|access-date=15 December 2022|language=nl}}{{cite web|url=https://thechronicle.com.gh/osibisa-drummer-sol-amarfio-passes-on-at-age-84/ |title=Osibisa drummer Sol Amarfio passes on at age 84|work=thechronicle.com.gh|date=15 December 2022|access-date=15 December 2022}}
Biography
Amaerfio was born on 22 September 1938 in Asere in Accra. He started drumming at the age of 14, which he learned himself. and received as a teenager the nickname "The Rhythm Man". After playing in several bands in Ghana, in around 1960 he moved to London, where he played with other Ghanaian artists, including the brothers Teddy Osei (saxophone) and Mac Tontoh (trumpet). Together with other African and Caribbean musicians, he founded the group Osibisa in 1969. They played a mixture of Western and African music. Amarfio wrote several of the band's songs and they scored several hits, including in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) and the United Kingdom. Amarfio left the group in the early 1990s and moved back later to Accra where he was considered a musical hero. On 22 September 2018, several musicians performed at a concert specially organized to celebrate the his 80th birthday.{{cite web|url=https://africultures.com/murmures/?no=20832 |title=Concert for Sol Amarfio as he turns 80|work=africultures.com|date=September 2018|access-date=16 December 2022}}
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