Bawa Abudu - His Acheivement And Vision

When Bawa Abudu started singing very early in his life on festive occasions, many elders of his Busanga ethnic group were very proud of him but none could foresee the prospect of the young singer becoming a big time songster as he is today.

His late mother was very supportive of her child and encouraged him by teaching him some of the lyrics of popular Busanga folkloric songs on problems of society, wars and great deeds of heroes of society.

His father Chief Haltilaw Abudu III, a Busanga Chief, had problems catering for the education of his 20 children. The young Abudu therefore joined the Ghana Army in 1974 after schooling in the Primary and Middle School in Tamale.

He was discharged from the army after six years and consequently traveled to Germany to seek greener pastures.

In Germany, he learned how to play the guitar and toured and recorded with a lot of reggae groups.

In 1990 he began his solo career and his childhood ability has been the basis of what is turning out to be very colourful and successful career.

A year after going solo, he came out with 'Bisa Na Baki' which became popular in Germany and Ghana. Other songs on the album namely 'Mai Bara', 'Nkrumah' and 'When Will This Be'.

The songster as his childhood sing about problems in Africa, the economy and the ravages of war, and this he does in Hausa because it is a language that widely spoken in Africa.

As his popularity started growing Germany BMG, Berlin and entered into a contract with him and released his maxi single titled 'Ayamayoto', which has featured prominently in major German TV and radio stations like SATI, WDR and ZAF.

Since the release of this single the fortunes of the songster have improved tremendously. The song climbed from 100 to 23 on German KCW music chart.

His latest release is 'Furada Madara' and two songs on that album 'Baritankam' and 'Mekinaso are doing very well on a number of private radio musical charts in Germany.

The greatest dream of Bawa Abudu is to established a recording studio in the Northern region to support musicians in the three Northern regions.