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Adegoke Odukoya: biography, age, family, net worth

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3 years ago

August 19, 2021

All you need to know about Adegoke Odukoya popularly know as Ade Bantu Let’s take a look at the Biography, Nationality, Career, Age, Net worth, Family.

Adegoke Odukoya

ABOUT
Adegoke Odukoya better known as Ade Bantu is a Nigerian-German musician producer, and social activist who is the frontman of the 13 piece band BANTU and the creator of the monthly concert series and music Festival Afropolitan Vibes which holds in Lagos, Nigeria.

Adegoke Odukoya

EARLY LIFE
Ade Bantu was born in July 14 1971 in Wembley, London, England. He is biracial, being the son of a German mother and a Nigerian father. In 1973, he relocated to Lagos, Nigeria with his parents Barbara Odukoya and Adeleke Odukoya. After the death of his father in 1986, he moved with his mother and 3 siblings to Germany.

EDUCATION
After attending primary and secondary schools in Nigeria, Ade Bantu went to Germany to study Electronic Engineering.

Ade Bantu

CAREER
Ade 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 Hip-hop 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.

In 2003 Ade Bantu, his brother Abiodun and German reggae singer Gentleman recorded the single “Rudie (Hold It Down)” together with UB40. In 2004 he released his group BANTU’s much anticipated European debut album “Bantu”. The album featured Don Abi, Sly Dunbar, Positive Black Soul and Pee Froiss from Senegal.

In 2006 he performed with the Afrobeat Academy Band during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He has collaborated and toured with Tony Allen and Seun Kuti.

Ade 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.

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FAMILY
He is biracial, being the son of a German mother and a Nigerian father. He is the elder brother of musician Abiodun. Ade Bantu is married with children.
ACHIEVEMENT
Ade Bantu has several awards as part of immeasurable contributions not only to the development of entertainment industry in African states but a promoter of peace cultural values and human dignity through his group.