Ade Bantu

Founder of Afropolitan Vibes, Member of BANTU, Grenzgaenger

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Proud supporter of whitewashed movies flopping at the box office

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One more for the collection

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Its our 4th anniversary and I am excited! its been 44 shows, lot of sacrifice,sweat, tears and deep breathing exercises. Consistency in this very challenging environment is not an easy task but we've been walking the talk. So come celebrate with my crew BANTU and I alongside our special guests Urban-Highlife singer ADEKUNLE GOLD, Dancehall artist CYNTHIA MORGAN, Soul singer/songwriter TOMI THOMAS and OBADIKAH BRASS BAND. See you all on Fri.17th March at Freedom Park

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Watch Interrupt This Program: Lagos — Artists Provoking Debate | CBC Arts

Interrupt This Program goes to Lagos, Africa's largest city, and one charged with a simmering new artistic energy amid terrorism, violent patriarchy and injustice.

Honored to be featured in this documentary on how artists in Lagos are provoking debate and reclaiming their space. .

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We finally made it back home to Lagos from what must have been my longest road trip to date. 5000KM of magic, frustration and lots of re-education. The Segou Festival by the banks of the river Niger was amazing beyond words. The love from the audience and our fellow musicians from across the continent was humbling. Someone asked me why we would go through all this stress for a festival in some remote place. Its simple we were determined to show solidarity to our fellow brothers and sisters in Mali who have been battling with Islamist insurgency for years. This festival was important to help heal wounds and build bridges. Thank you to the people of Segou for inviting us. And a big shout out to our Agbero International chairman Jahman Anikulapo for hooking us up.

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Life Between Borders: Black Migrants in Mexico

“With Trump’s rise to power, thousands of Haitians seeking entry to the US are now left stranded at the northern Mexico border. But Black migration is not new to Mexico, as people from the African Diaspora have lived here for centuries. In this short documentary, we meet Haitians stuck at the border as well as Africans in Mexico City to explore Black migration and identity in Mexico.” via Vimeo link

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We are practicing our yahooze dance for the 43rd edition of Afropolitan Vibes caus this Friday's show will be a great deal of fun - the 13-piece BANTU collective will be joined on stage by Yahooze crooner OLU MAINTAIN, singer/dancer MAY D and Paris based Sierra Leonean- German singer/songwriter MARIAMA.

Plenty of palm wine and good music 

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Dakar is not as stressful as Lagos – Ade Bantu - Punch Newspapers

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“One thing I would love to replicate here in Lagos are the public beaches. It is a crime that we do not have good beaches and promenades in this city. We are a coastal city and yet, we still can’t access our beaches because they are either completely dirty, unsafe or they’ve been privatised and fenced with security guards patrolling them”

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Afropolitan Vibes on Friday is going to be lit!

We've got Yoruba rapper/singer REMINISCE, all the way from New York, Ghanaian-American Hiphop artist BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR, from Berlin, one of Germany's finest MC's MEGALOH and songstress TESH CARTER.

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40th edition of Afropolitan Vibes and we’ll be partying hard with Afrocentric Rapper/Singer BLACKMAGIC, Hiphop artist YCEE and Soul songstress MAKA all sharing the stage with the 13 piece BANTU collective.

Date: Fri.19th August Venue: Freedom Park Time: 8pm (prompt) Gate: N1.500

Aftershow Party with DJ JAVA www.afropolitanvibes.com

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If you happen to be in Lagos you can’t afford to miss this month’s edition of Afropolitan Vibes. The lineup is very special: Double Wahala crooner ORITSE FEMI, Reggae/Dancehall champion General PYPE, Kolewerk singer KOKER, and all female drum & vocal ensemble SQUAD1 PRODUCTIONS and BANTU Fri.15th July Freedom Park Lagos Island. 

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Join me from Thursday 22nd June to Sunday 26th June on the BANTU HOUR  live at the Pan African Space Station(PASS). I’ll be introducing you to some of my favourite musicians, the enfant terribles, left fielders, movers and shakers of the Lagos alternative music scene. The pop up radio show will feature interviews and unplugged sessions.

Live Stream daily 7pm (Nigerian & Central European Time) http://panafricanspacestation.org.za/bantu-hour-with-ade-bantu-feat-sina-ayinde-bakare-boj/ 

Show Schedule:

Thursday 23: TEMI DOLLFACE &  BRYMO

Friday 24: ADUNNI & NEFERTITI & ARAMIDE

Saturday 25: SINA AYINDE BAKARE, BOJ & DABYNA

Sunday 26: SHOW DEM CAMP(SDC), FALANA & BEZ

PAN AFRICAN SPACE STATION: 

Founded in 2008 by the Cape Town based publication Chimurenga and curated by Ntone Edjabe, the Pan African Space Station (PASS) is a periodic, pop-up live studio; a performance and exhibition space; a research platform and living archive, as well as an internet based radio station.Taking advantage of both the intimacy and unpredictability of the live studio space along with the reach and scope of the internet, PASS brings together a broad spectrum of artists, performers, writers and musicians, whose practices draw from a variety of contexts, to participate through conversations, performances and happenings that provoke us to rethink our histories and to speculate on our futures through artistic and cultural practice.

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37th edition of Afropolitan Vibes. We’ll be sharing the stage with veteran crooner MIKE OKRI, rapper/singer SKALES and singer/songwriter ARAMIDE.

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Interviews & Concert highlights of MASA Festival in Abidjan, Ivory Coast featuring Zeynab (Benin), Ile Aiye (Brazil), Ray Lema (Congo), Paco Séry (Cote d'Ivoire), BANTU (Nigeria) and a moving live performance by the late Papa Wemba (Congo). Enjoy

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Award-winning artist uses his music to make an impact - CNN Video

Meet Ade Bantu, a musician in Nigeria who's working to help young people all over Africa, enacting anti-discrimination laws and easing race and class relations.

Part 2 of my CNN interview

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Is there such a thing as an African sound? - CNN Video

To find out, CNN's Keturah King meets an award-winning musician from Nigeria who's hit records in Africa and in Europe.

Part.1 of my CNN interview 

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German President Joachim Gauck and his partner Daniela Schadt paid an offcial visit to Freedom Park Lagos. It was an honour to meet and chat with him about Afropolitan Vibes and the former colonial prison which has been our home for close to 3years. Putting up a monthly event like Afropolitan Vibes has its bitter sweat challenges but nothing beats seeing a vision manifest and grow.

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The Afro-Folk vocal legend BLACKMAN AKEEB KAREEM is coming to Afropolitan Vibes and you sure don’t want to miss his performance for anything in the world. Its one of his first major musical outings in Nigeria in over 30 years!

He will be joined by Naija Ninja SOUND SULTAN, Yoruba-Reggae singer ORANMIYAN, Canadian-Nigerian singer-songwriter FALANA & The 13 piece BANTU collective

Friday 19th February @ Freedom Park Lagos