Babatunde Olatunji

Babatunde Olatunji (April 7, 1927 – April 6, 2003) alikuwa mpiga ngoma, mwalimu, mwanaharakati wa jamii mwenye asili ya Kinigeria. Olatunji alizaliwa katika kijiji cha Ajido, mji mdogo uliokaribu na Badagry, Lagos, mjini kusini magharibi mwa East midlands. Ana asili ya Wayoruba, Olatunji alianza kutambulishwa katika muziki wa asili ya Afrika akiwa katika umri mdogo kabisa.  Alisoma habari za ufadhili wa kimasomo katika jarida la "Reader's Digest kuhusu Rotary International Foundation, kisha kuomba. Alienda Marekani mnamo mwaka wa 1950.
 Diskografia 
 Albumu 
 Drums of Passion (Columbia, 1959)
 Zungo! (1961)
 Flaming Drums (1962, Columbia Records CS8666)
 Olatunji Drums!, Drums!, Drums! (Roulette, 1964)
 Soul Makossa (1973, Paramount, EP)
 Dance to the Beat of My Drum (1986, Bellaphon)
 Drums of Passion: The Invocation (1988, Rykodisc)
 Drums of Passion: The Beat (1989, Rykodisc)
 Drums of Passion: Celebrate Freedom, Justice & Peace (1993, Olatunji Music)
 Drums of Passion and More (1994, Bear Family) Box Set
 Babatunde Olatunji, Healing Rhythms, Songs and Chants (1995, Olatunji Music)
 Love Drum Talk (1997, Chesky)
 Drums of Passion [Expanded] (2002)
 Olatunji Live at Starwood (2003) Recorded Live at the Starwood Festival 1997
 Healing Session (2003, Narada)
 Circle of Drums (2005, Chesky)

 Videografia 
 Olatunji and His Drums of Passion (Video) (1986 Video Arts International) Recorded Live at Oakland Colisium 12/31/85
 Love Drum Talk (Video) (1998, CHE, TMS, Chesky)
 African Drumming (Instructional video) (2004, Interworld)
 Olatunji Live at Starwood (DVD) (2005, ACE) Recorded Live at the Starwood Festival 1997

 Michango 
 1960: Uhuru Afrika – Randy Weston
 1960: We Insist! – Max Roach
 1960: The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones – Kai Winding
 1961: The Common Ground – Herbie Mann
 1961: African Waltz – Cannonball Adderley
 1977: Silver 'n Percussion – Horace Silver
 1977: Home in the Country – Pee Wee Ellis
 1980: Connections – Richie Havens
 1987: Taj – Taj Mahal
 1988: The Other Side of This – Airto Moreira
 1989: In The Blood Soundtrack – (Rykodisc)
 1990: At the Edge – Mickey Hart (Rykodisc)
 1991: Planet Drum – Mickey Hart (Rykodisc)
 1991: Around the World for a Song (Rykodisc)
 1991: Jungle Fever – Stevie Wonder
 1993: Peace Is The World Smiling: A Peace Anthology For Families – Various Artists
 1994: The Big Bang: In the Beginning Was a Drum 1994: The Best of Both Worlds: Rykodisc/Hannibal World Music Sampler
 1995: The Big Bang 1995: Dance of the Rainbow Serpent – Carlos Santana
 1996: Mickey Hart's Mystery Box – Mickey Hart (Rykodisc)
 1997: Jazz 'Round Midnight – Quincy Jones
 1998: Selections from Mondo Beat 1998: New Visions: World Rhythms 1998: Mondo Beat: Masters of Percussion 1998: The Best of Santana – Carlos Santana
 1998: Supralingua – Mickey Hart and Planet Drum (Rykodisc)
 2000: The Rose That Grew from Concrete – 2Pac
 2000: Club Africa, Vol. 2: Hard African Funk, Afro-Jazz, & Original Afro-Beat 2000: Afeni Shakur Discusses "The Rose That Grew from Concrete, Vol. 1" 2005: Africa 100 2007: Global Drum Project – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo (Shout! Factory)
 2012: Mysterium Tremendum – Mickey Hart Band (360° Productions)

 Bibliografia 
 Musical Instruments of Africa: Their Nature, Use and Place in the Life of a Deeply Musical People (1965) with Betty Warner-Dietz. John Day Company OCLC: 592096
 The Beat Of My Drum: An Autobiography (2005) (with a foreword by Joan Baez). Temple University Press ISBN 1-59213-354-1, ISBN 978-1-59213-354-3
 Marejeo

 Reference to Starwood Festival appearance in poet Ray McNiece bio  
 Referred to in Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Free" from the album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' (1963)

Viungo vya Nje
Babatunde Olatunji's official website 
Babatunde Olatunji at the African Music Encyclopedia 
Salon Feature on Olatunji
Interview with Olatunji, October 2000 
Olatunji's Autobiography 

Waliozaliwa 1927
Waliofariki 2003
Wanamuziki wa Nigeria
Wanamuziki wa Marekani