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Adebisi Adeleke

Master Drummer, Death and the King's Horseman

Other theatres: as a master of the African talking drum, has toured the United States, Holland, West Germany, Japan, and appeared on Broadway with the Showcase Ensemble University of Ibadan.

Other credits: Music: Mr. Adeleke was born in Yorubaland, Nigeria into a lineage of professional Praise Talking Drummers. He is a fourth generation Master Drummer who learned the art from his father. He participated in Atlanta's 1996 Cultural Olympiad and is listed on the artist rosters of the Georgia Council for the Arts and the Southern Arts Federation.

Teaching: former Yoruba Nigerian music teacher at The Polytechnic of Ibadan Nigeria.; former artist in residence at the University of Washington's Ethnomusicology Division; travels to schools in Atlanta and throughout the state of Georgia to educate students about Africa.

/Film/TV: featured as the talking drummer in the film Kongi's Harvest, written by Wole Soyinka.

Education: University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

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our company members

Full time: 325
Part time: 175
Average length of service: 8 years
Volunteers: 600

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