Ras Kimono

Ras Kimono (9 Mee 1958 - 10 Juun 2018) bụ onye egwu reggae nke Naijiria nke abọm mbụ ya bụ Under Pressure, nke otu "Rum-Bar Stylée" duziri, bụ nnukwu egwu na egwu Naịjirịa n'afọ 1989.Steffens, R. (1990), Reggae returns to the motherland. The Beat, pp. 9, 14-15, 64 Tupu o wepụta abọm ya, ọ nọ na otu a na-akpọ The Jastix ya na Amos McRoy na Majek Fashek .

Oseloke Augustine Onwubuya, onye a maara dị ka Ras Kimono amụrụ ya na Ekeleke Elumelu, Delta State, Nigeria, Ọ malitere ọrụ ya dị ka nwa akwụkwọ nke Gbenoba Secondary School Agbor ma mesịa bụrụ onye otu Jastix Reggae Ital, ya na Majek Fashek, Amos McRoy Jegg na Black Rice Osagie . Egwu ya nwere mmetụta dị ukwuu site na ịda ogbenye, enweghị nhata na ihe isi ike ọ hụrụ na mmalite ndụ ya. O weputara abọm izizi ya n'okpuru nrụgide na akara Premier Music n'afọ 1989, nke mere ka ọ bụrụ onye ama ama na kọntinent ozugbo. Abọm ahụ nwere egwu dịka "Under Pressure", "Natty Get Jail" na nnukwu egwu "Rhumba Style". O mechara wepụta ọtụtụ abọm egwu, na-eme njem n'Africa, mba Europe na United States, na-akwalite ụdị egwu reggae ya. O ritere ọtụtụ ihe nrite gụnyere Ihe nrite nke egwu Nigeria, Ihe nrite Egwu ama amaa na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ. N'afọ 2010, ọ ka na-eme ihe nkiri na ndị na-eguzosi ike n'ihe n'afọ ndụ niile ma a ka na-akpọ egwu ya na redio, na West Africa niile. Kimono rụrụ ọrụ ogologo oge dịka onye na amụta egwu na mpaghara egwu Naịjirịa, na-anwale ọtụtụ ụdị, tupu ọ nwee ọganihu na ngwụcha afọ 1980 dị ka onye na-agụ egwu reggae. Ya na otu egwu ndi Massive Dread Reggae. Kimono wepụtara abọm izizi ya, Under Pressure n'afọ 1989, ya na egwu a ma ama, "Rum-Bar Stylee", nke a kpughere ma mmetụta Jamaica na nke obodo Afrịka (nke ikpeazụ pụtara ìhè na nnyefe 'Patois', dịka Fela Kuti na-arụkarị ọrụ iji kwurịta okwu na ndị obodo mepere emepe). Okwu esemokwu ya siri ike mepụtara ahịa album nke ihe karịrị otu narị puku, na ndị na-eso ya maka nkwado ya maka mgbanwe mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya. What's Gwan gosipụtara ihe ịga nke ọma karị, na isiokwu ndị a họọrọ gụnyere nkwado iwu wii wii, na mkpa ọ dị ndị Afrịka iji ọgụgụ isi chụpụ ọchịchị colonialism na ókèala ya n'etiti ebo. N'ụzọ na-arụrịta ụka, ọ naghị ajụ ịkpọ aha kpọmkwem ndị nọ n'ọchịchị ọ hụrụ dị ka ihe jikọrọ ya na ọchịchị ndị agha azụ.

Ọ nwụrụ mgbe ọ dị afọ iri isii na 10 June 2018 na Lagos, Nigeria.

 Omume Ihe Ngosi 

 N'okpuru nrụgide (1988)"Kimono, Ras." Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th ed. Ed. Colin Larkin. Oxford University Press.
 Gịnị bụ Gwan? (1990)
 Run Fi Cover (1992)
 Lone Ranger (1994)
 Oracle nke Jah (1996?)
 Ihe gbasara oge (2008)
 Ogbugbu na-enweghị isi (2017)

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