Osibisa thrills at 2017 EMY Africa Awards

Their music is a fusion of African, Caribbean, jazz, funk, rock, Latin, and R&B and it made them one of the first African-heritage bands to become widely popular.

Formed in 1969 by four Africans and three Caribbean musicians, the world-class Afro-pop group, Osibisa, has thrilled music lovers around the world and a lot of expectations awaited their performance at the 2017 Exclusive Men of the Year (EMY) Africa Awards.

“Osibisa definitely won’t disappoint. They never disappoint and they will give us a great show of a life time. Osibisa songs are timeless. We use their songs for events and the songs are very much alive. These are legends who are not local champions but international legends and, of course, they have first generation and second generation and we are bringing the two generations together. We are bringing Sol Amarfio and Wendell Richardson who are original members of the first generation of Osibisa and then we have Bessa Simons who is leading the second generation. So they are coming together to give us a performance of a life time. And, of course, we are also going to award them as well,” Executive Director of Exclusive Men of the Year Africa Awards, Daniel Soboh said prior to the event.

The band indeed brought its years of experience to bear on stage at the awards ceremony held at Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel, Accra on Saturday.