Gnonnas Pedro

Gnonnan Sossou Pierre Kouassivi, known by the stage name Gnonnas Pedro was a singer and musician from Lokossa,Accessible at Gnonnas Pedro and His Dadjes Band: Singing Across the Continent , accessed on July 8, 2012Accessible at Gnonnas Pedro, Le « Dadjè » de l’afro-cubain s’est éteint , accessed on July 8, 2012 Benin. He is best known as the lead singer of Africando between 1995 and his death in 2004.

Gnonnas Pedro died August 12, 2004, age 61 of prostate cancer in a hospital of Cotonou, Benin.

Discography

Solo

 Dadjes: The Band Of Africa (1975)
 Gnonnas Pedro (Disco Stock, 1979)
 El Cochechivo (Ledoux, 1981)
 Agbadja (Syllart, 1999)
 Irma koi (Syllart, 1999)
 The best of Gnonnas Pedro (2003)

With Africando

 Gombo Salsa (Stern's Africa STCD1071, 1996)
 Baloba (Stern's Africa STCD1082, 1998)
 Mandali (Stern's Africa STCD1092, 2000) Credited to Africando All Stars. Released in France as Betece
 Live! (Sono CDS8907, double CD, 2001) Out of print
 Martina (Stern's Africa STCD1096, 2003)
 Ketukuba (Stern's Africa STCD1103, 2006) Released after his death.

References

Category:1940s births
Category:2004 deaths
Category:Singers
Category:Beninese musicians