Babatunde Olatunji

**Babatunde Olatunji** (7 Aprili, 1927&nbsp;– 6 Aprili, 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*&nbsp;– Randy Weston
* 1960: *We Insist!*&nbsp;– Max Roach
* 1960: *The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones*&nbsp;– Kai Winding
* 1961: *The Common Ground*&nbsp;– Herbie Mann
* 1961: *African Waltz*&nbsp;– Cannonball Adderley
* 1977: *Silver 'n Percussion*&nbsp;– Horace Silver
* 1977: *Home in the Country*&nbsp;– Pee Wee Ellis
* 1980: *Connections*&nbsp;– Richie Havens
* 1987: *Taj*&nbsp;– Taj Mahal
* 1988: *The Other Side of This*&nbsp;– Airto Moreira
* 1989: *In The Blood Soundtrack*&nbsp;– (Rykodisc)
* 1990: *At the Edge*&nbsp;– Mickey Hart (Rykodisc)
* 1991: *Planet Drum*&nbsp;– Mickey Hart (Rykodisc)
* 1991: *Around the World for a Song* (Rykodisc)
* 1991: *Jungle Fever*&nbsp;– Stevie Wonder
* 1993: *Peace Is The World Smiling: A Peace Anthology For Families*&nbsp;– 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*&nbsp;– Carlos Santana
* 1996: *Mickey Hart's Mystery Box*&nbsp;– Mickey Hart (Rykodisc)
* 1997: *Jazz 'Round Midnight*&nbsp;– Quincy Jones
* 1998: *Selections from Mondo Beat*
* 1998: *New Visions: World Rhythms*
* 1998: *Mondo Beat: Masters of Percussion*
* 1998: *The Best of Santana*&nbsp;– Carlos Santana
* 1998: *Supralingua*&nbsp;– Mickey Hart and Planet Drum (Rykodisc)
* 2000: *The Rose That Grew from Concrete*&nbsp;– 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*&nbsp;– Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo (Shout! Factory)
* 2012: *Mysterium Tremendum*&nbsp;– 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 http://www.raymcniece.com/raymcniecethepoet.htm 
* 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 

Jamii:Waliozaliwa 1927
Jamii:Waliofariki 2003
Jamii:Wanamuziki wa Nigeria
Jamii:Wanamuziki wa Marekani