Ade Bantu
| Adegoke Odukoya | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Adé Bantu |
| Born |
14 July 1971 Wembley, England |
| Genres | Afrofunk, Afrobeat, Fuji, Rap, Dancehall |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, producer |
| Years active | 1989–present |
Adegoke Odukoya, better known as Adé Bantu (born 14 July 1971 in Wembley, London), is a Nigerian-German musician, producer and social activist. He is the front man of the 13 piece band BANTU and the creator of the monthly concert series & music Festival Afropolitan Vibes which holds in Lagos, Nigeria. Adé Bantu is also the founder of the Afro-German musical collective Brothers Keepers. His band BANTU received the Kora Award (the Pan-African equivalent of the Grammy) for their album "Fuji Satisfaction" in 2005.
Adé Bantu was born in Wembley, London. He is biracial, being the son of a German mother and a Nigerian father. In 1973 he relocated to Lagos, Nigeria with his parents Adeleke Odukoya and Barbara Odukoya. After the death of his father in 1986 he moved with his mother and 3 siblings to Germany. He is the elder brother of musician Abiodun.
Attracted by Germany's emerging hiphop movement Adé Bantu joined the Hiphop group Exponential Enjoyment with Goldlover D (Sini Demir), Double A (Mola Adebisi) and General GG (Götz Gottschalk) in 1989. He used the alias and stage name "Duke T".
Their single "Think for a Moment/Style Introduction"(Tan Tric 12") is the 3rd German hiphop release (1989). They went on to produce the first multilingual Hiphop album in Germany titled "Chop or Quench" (1993). It featured the pioneer German hiphop crew Advanced Chemistry. This was followed by a Free Jazz Hiphop album in 1993 with Peter Kowald, Sainkho Namtchylak and Peter Brötzmann titled "Expo's Jazz & Joy".
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