{"id":41995,"date":"2019-02-12T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/k-o-g-the-zongo-brigade-makes-his-debut-with-powerful-song-for-my-people\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:36:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:36:22","slug":"for-my-people-k-o-g-the-zongo-brigade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/for-my-people-k-o-g-the-zongo-brigade\/","title":{"rendered":"K.O.G &#038; The Zongo Brigade makes his debut with powerful song &#8216;For My People&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"pam-featured-content\"  dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20261 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/K.O.G-and-the-Zonga-Brigade.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/K.O.G-and-the-Zonga-Brigade.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/K.O.G-and-the-Zonga-Brigade-759x458.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/K.O.G-and-the-Zonga-Brigade-1010x610.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/K.O.G-and-the-Zonga-Brigade-661x399.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/K.O.G-and-the-Zonga-Brigade-465x281.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/K.O.G-and-the-Zonga-Brigade-375x226.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/K.O.G-and-the-Zonga-Brigade-190x116.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h3>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">A club burner track of\u00a0afro-fusion fusing high energy African rhythms with a tasty blend of funk, reggae &amp; jazz.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the guidance of talented Ghanaian Kweku Sackey, aka K.O.G, t<\/span>he collective is composed of nine musicians from West African vibes from Ghana via Sheffield, with diverse origins conflating to whip up their<span class=\"bcTruncateMore\">\u00a0<span class=\"peekaboo-text\">signature heady brew of Afrobeat, Soul, Funk and Reggae otherwise dubbed \u201cAfro-fusion\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Debut single &#8220;For My People&#8221; takes everything in its path. Recorded live (so as the album), the song\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">merges the indigenous rhythms of Africa with an energetic mix of tones and grooves.\u00a0<\/span>With the voice of the rapper Franz Von, K.O.G and\u00a0The Zongo Brigade fuses Afrobeat, Reggae and Funk.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GqBk2aAbuVE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Debut album\u00a0<em>Wahala Wahala <\/em>(which means in Swahili &#8216;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stress\u2019 and \u2018trouble&#8217;)<\/span>\u00a0is set to land on March 8th via Heavenly Sweetness, and it&#8217;s full of energy and addictive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>This album brings to light the strength and endurance of us as HUMANS. A personal journey and documentation of most of the obstacles we have faced as we have moved from 2 different worlds and how we have overcome these struggles through the freedom of art and music through a firm connection with our roots and culture. It&#8217;s music from our soul telling stories how we were told growing up and merging grooves<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and African rhythms to exhibit the spirit of AFRICA in relation to where we are in the diaspora<\/em>\u201d, says K.O.G.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wahala Wahala<\/em>\u00a0will be out on\u00a08th March &#8211; check out the album artwork below.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Read next:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/5-nigerian-classic-albums-of-the-70s\/\">5 Nigerian classic albums of the 70s<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21001\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/K.O.G-the-zongo-brigade.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/K.O.G-the-zongo-brigade.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/K.O.G-the-zongo-brigade-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/K.O.G-the-zongo-brigade-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/K.O.G-the-zongo-brigade-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/K.O.G-the-zongo-brigade-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/K.O.G-the-zongo-brigade-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/K.O.G-the-zongo-brigade-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/K.O.G-the-zongo-brigade-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/K.O.G-the-zongo-brigade-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/K.O.G-the-zongo-brigade-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A club burner track of\u00a0afro-fusion fusing high energy African rhythms with a tasty blend of funk, reggae &amp; jazz. 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