KWAME BRENYA
About me
BECHEM, Ghana
Kwame Brenya is an Akan philosopher who uses the Akan language in the fields of music, spoken word, video performance, teaching, translation and voice-over.
Kwame Brenya has four (4) studio albums that are basically spoken word and palmwine music.He has formed his own traditional band, AKƆM BAND and has performed with Legon Palmwine Band, Nkyinkyim Band and Senku live.
Brenya has hosted three musical concerts in Accra since 2022.
He was the winner of the Song against child abuse organised by European Union and GESP, Ghana in 2020 with his collaborator Kpodo.
He is an award winning spoken word artist and a published writer who recently published ADINKRA, KASA! a poetry collection based on the Akan adinkra symbols.
Brenya was a speaker at the third Pan African Museum Heritage Conference (2023) where he presented a paper on the power of African languages titled EDIN, KASA, NIMDEƐ NE NYANSA: ETYMOLOGY AND MEMORY IN SOCIAL CONNECTION.
He was a performer at PA GYA literary festival in 2
Cultural background
Values
Project Music
NOT STRANGER
As a human who has travelled to different lands to experience different cultures among different places, I collaborate with other artists from different cultures in Africa to speak about the oneness among all humans, while incorporating Caribbean style of lyrical delivery, Pop, Rap and Anlo-Ewe Hakpanya to create one sound. Different places, different races, different cultures, but we all live together as one. Nobody is supposed to be a refugee, a stranger or illegal migrant regardless of wherever the person finds themselves.
- African
- Pop
- Background vocals
- Choir
- Rapping
- Singer
- Piano
- Bass guitar
- Guitar
- Drum set
- American Samoa
- Ghana
- Togo
AFRICAN SOMEBODY
“We can prove to the world that when the African is given the chance, he can show to the world that he is somebody” – KWAME NKRUMAH (First President of Ghana, BBC’s Africa’s Man of the Millenium) The African is someone who has an identity that sets him apart from the general misconception about who an African is, and what Africa is. This song AFRICAN SOMEBODY sheds light on who an African is, and what the African is capable of. In Ghanaian Pidgin “somebody” refers to a person of distinct caliber, self-worth and wealth.
- African
- Traditional / Folk
- Background vocals
- Chanting
- Rapping
- Singer
- Electric piano
- Synthesizer
- Bass guitar
- Guitar
- Conga
- Drum set
- Ghana
- Nigeria
UHURU
Uhuru! A Swahili proclamation that means Freedom. This song talks about freedom fighters labelled as rebels. They do not fight for conquest but the inherent rights of a people. Freedom chants and sang words woven with Congolese Soca rhythm. Congo is not alone. Many are the nations that suffer this exploitation. . “We pray for Peace. But Peace is a little daughter. Her parents are Freedom and Justice”. Uhuru!!!
- African
- Bass
- Chanting
- Electric piano
- Piano
- Guitar
- Conga
- Drum set
- Congo
- Ghana
- Kenya
No submissions for Beyond Music Project Volume 3.
No submissions for Beyond Music Project Volume 2.
No submissions for Beyond Music Project Volume 1.