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"Before I came to know Mexico well, I thought that there were no black Mexicans. I have since visited "La Costa Chica" of Oaxaca and Guererro, and now I sing about the first black town in the Americas to become free from slavery,
called YANGA, VERACRUZ".
-Wisdom Ogbor

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RASTAS MAYAS

JESUS 
NYABINGHI GIRL
RAS KIMONO DIJO / JAH WORK 
TULUM
KING ZUGO'S CLAN
RAICES DE AFRICA
SENORITA PEREZ
ONUM GA-EKWU
RASTAS MAYAS
JEALOUS BOYS / GIRLS 
NADIA
THE CITY
E MA GBAGBE MI
HOMETOWN BABY  

PLAYERS OF INSTRUMENTS:
Lead voices & Guitars:
Wisdom Ogbor
Lead Guitars:
Prince Foster, Sunday Ofili, Daniel Kamantra
Bass:
Frank Gonzales, Prince FosterKeyboards:
Kwesi Ebo, Prince Foster,
Sunday Ofili, Terry Thomas
Drums:
Ras Kaliman, Prince Foster
Horns:
George Amissah, Jackson Puzu Jr.
Reuben Hagar
Percussions:
Ras Diamond, Gabriel Gablah
Chorus:
Louisa Bergren, Marzia Milazzo,
Jemima Narter, Kerzia Nater,
Rex Abbeh, Collado

BICYCLES FOR RASTAS MAYAS was the first effort by Roots And Wisdom to release a CD in the Mexican market after recording in the USA and Africa for a only a few years. Utilizing songs written in Spanish, English and in native African languages of Ibo and Yoruba from Nigeria, Wisdom Ogbor raised the profile of his travelling band to the next international level.

After so many years of living and touring in Mexico, the bands influence earned them studio recording time with a crew from the USA, Sweden, Haiti, Mexico and Nigeria. These studio sessions produced some of the best recordings of Roots And Wisdom outside Africa. Guided by some materials that Wisdom Ogbor had already pre recorded from Nigeria and Ghana, this CD was lifted into its best international profile.

Songs on this cd were recorded respectively in Nigeria, Ghana, USA and Mexico. The songs recorded in Chiapas, Mexico, afforded the opportunity for some fine back up singers from Sweden and Spain to take part in this production with some great touring musicians from Austin, Texas..

© 2003 ROOTS AND WISDOM 
MUSIC PRODUCTION   

"Antes de que yo conoci a Mexico, yo pensaba que no habia gente negra Mexicanas. Pero ya conosco a "La Costa Chica", y ahora canto de YANGA, VERACRUZ, el primero pueblo negro libre de esclavitud en los Americas".
-Wisdom Ogbor


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