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I really can’t get over how beautiful this is. I’m in awe. Kawo Kabiosile ! Repost @ammawhatt (@get_repost) ・・・ Today, all over the Yoruba Diaspora in the #Caribbean, people are celebrating the deified King of #Oyo, Sango! I’m singing a couple songs to celebrate. These particular songs are usually done with the #bata drum orchestra, but today I’m doing it #drumandguiro style with #shekere and my make-shift bell (glass & spoon) to play cláve. Shout out to my teachers (mom & baby bro) Oloriwaa! & @oludareis , my fellow sons of #Sango, all the #akpon bringing #Orishas down in #ceremony, & the akpons that are out here making music for the masses. May #Olofi & Sango bless you & your endeavors. If I get enough shares etc, I’ll do this 1ce a month🤞🏾 BTW, Do you have a ticket to my show in NJ this Saturday? #SangosDay #allwhiteeverything #diaspora #diasporadical #singer #SonofSango #acapella #bembe #cuba #nigeria #tambor #clave #guido #ammawhatt #ammawhattmusic #indiemamma #music

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In progress...still...a copper patina, few details to complete. Bembe scene. #bembe #ocha #lucumi #akpon #bata #drummers #singers #sekere #shekere #dancers #community #spirit #orisha #african #africuban #afrocuban #cuba #egun #africansinamerica more to come https://www.instagram.com/p/CeRSo6erwyN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Nollywood Actor, Akpon Dies In Swimming Pool

Nollywood Actor, Akpon Dies In Swimming Pool

As we all know, the Nigerian movie industry has produced many actors and actresses over the years and at the same time lost most of them to the cold hand of ‘death’.

The industry has lost icons within the short period of the year 2019 and it’s been a sad occurrence.

Fast-rising writer, actor, and director, Kagho Harley Akpor, has reportedly died after drowning in a swimming pool at a…

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Akpon Amma McKen has been singing orisha music for four decades. She's respected and sought after internationally for her mastery of the form. In 2009, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded Mcken a National Heritage Fellowship, honoring her achievements in the Yoruba musical arts.

"This is from our heart," McKen says of music devoted to the gods. "To me, you're singing a history. It would have to be energy that (the orisha are) feeling [when I sing]. Energy, and vibration from your heart."

McKen - a Queens, New York native - is a priestess of Yemaya. Here, she sings to her orisha on a song from her CD Alaako Oso. With this album, McKen became the first black American woman akpon to produce a musical recording of traditional Yoruba songs.

Akpon Iyalosa Amma D. McKen is a national treasure. Recognize.