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    • Ata Kak – Obaa Sima
    • Ata Kak – Moma Yendodo
    • Ata Kak – Adagya
    • Ata Kak – Medofo
    • Ata Kak – Daa Nyinaa
    • Ata Kak – Yemmpa Aba
    • Ata Kak – Bome Nnwom
    • 1. Obaa Sima
    • 2. Moma Yendodo
    • 3. Adagya
    • 4. Medofo
    • 5. Daa Nyinaa
    • 6. Yemmpa Aba
    • 7. Bome Nnwom

    This sought-after tape from 1994 by Ghanaian musician Ata Kak gets a reissue on Awesome Tapes From Africa! The seven tracks on Obaa Sima touch on rap, techno, pop and highlife and only 50 copies of this tape were ever produced previously! 

    Other Releases by Ata Kak

    Ata KakBatakariAwesome Tapes From Africa
    Ata Kak created a peculiar slice of Ghanaian music history with his debut album “Obaa Sima”. While it barely made a ripple at the time of its release...
      • LP ATFA053LP£22.99
        Expected 07 NovPreorder

      Other Releases on Awesome Tapes From Africa

      Ata KakBatakariAwesome Tapes From Africa
      Ata Kak created a peculiar slice of Ghanaian music history with his debut album “Obaa Sima”. While it barely made a ripple at the time of its release...
        • LP ATFA053LP£22.99
          Expected 07 NovPreorder
        MoskitoIdolarAwesome Tapes From Africa
        In the vibrant streets of Tembisa, South Africa, amidst the sprawling urbanity connecting Johannesburg and Pretoria, the story of Moskito began. Formed...
          Hailu MergiaPioneer Works Swing (Live)Awesome Tapes From Africa
          "Pioneer Works Swing (Live)" brings into focus the kind of onstage group improvisation and deadly solo passages that reach for places Mergia and the band...
            Gibraltar DrakusHommage A ZanzibarAwesome Tapes from Africa
            No shortage of colorful characters emerged from Cameroon’s bikutsi scene in the 1980’s and early 90’s. Gibraltar Drakus is one of the most enduring...
            • – N'nom Wom (Mon Époux)
            • – Exode Rural
            • – O Zanzibar
            • – Mekeya A Dzal (Retour Au Village)
            Roger BekonoRoger BekonoAwesome Tapes From Africa
            Roger Bekono made a deep mark in the contemporary history of Cameroonian music through the four-on-the-floor, ribald intensity of bikutsi. The Ewondo-language...
              Professor RhythmProfessor 3Awesome Tapes From Africa
              South African mbaqanga and bubblegum instrumentals for the dancefloor! Awesome Tapes From Africa focus on the second album release by one of the key players...
              • – Uskamosothotsa
              • – Ubohisa Kanna
              • – Via Zimbabwe
              • – Raditaba (Nozindaba)
              • – Professor 3
              • – Zabalaza

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