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ADISA ANDWELE
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Adisa Andwele is from Barbados
and is one of the Caribbean’s
top performance poets. He
fuses poetry with different
Caribbean rhythms and he
has also experimented with
R&B, funk and jazz.
Adisa recently brought a
new perspective to his work,
This perspective is rooted
in the calypso tradition
and is called ring-bang.
Ring-bang is the power of
rhythm in music and through
his most recent releases
"Jump In De Ring-Bang
Tide" and "Bring
It Up", Adisa has intensified
the rhythm of his music
and poetry.
He began writing poetry
in 1978, and in 1981 started
experimenting with rhythm
poetry. However, it was
in 1989 with the publication
of a collection of poems
entitled "Rhythm &
Roots" that Adisa embarked
on a career in performance
poetry.
In 1990 he formed the Re-Emergence
Band to accompany his presentations,
and staged the first solo
show by a poet in Barbados.
This show led to his LP,
"Mike Richards &
The Re-Emergence Band Live."
In 1992 he changed his name
to Adisa Andwele.
Adisa’s poetry is social
and cultural commentary
and focuses on the plight
of Third World peoples and
the downpressed.
He has been Barbados’ Poet
of the Year from 1991 and
the Author of the Year in
1992. In 1993 Adisa was
also nominated for Barbados
Entertainer of the Year.
During that year he produced
two records, a cassette
45 in June, and an LP/cassette
in November entitled "Conscious."
Adisa appears on major musical
productions in Barbados,
transcending the perimeters
of poetry. On June 12th,
1993, he became the first
poet in Barbados and the
third in the Caribbean to
be featured in a calypso
tent. He has performed throughout
the Caribbean, as well as
in the USA and Canada.
Adisa has joined forces
with the world-famous musical
artist, Eddy Grant, and
his most recent releases
appear on Eddy’s label,
Ice Records on this year’s
crop-over offering, FIRE
IN DE WAVE. The primary
objective of this partnership
is to develop and establish
Ringbang across the globe.
It is time for the entire
world to "jump in de
Ringbang tide."
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