Tetteh Adolf Amatey

Tetteh Adolf Amatey (Amazing, 24) is an incredible performer and teacher from Ghana. Together with Moses Nii Odartei (Odai, 27), they have formed a fantastic African Dance and Drumming Group called Akumapa Jenako. Please visit www.jenako.co.uk to find out more!

Both Adolf Tetteh and Odai Odartei worked with World Jungle during the initial visit to Ghana in August 2000, videoing the local village and interviewing people. As well as working with children and young people to get them involved in the project, they found out their views on life in Ghana and got them involved in Drumming and Dance.

They were involved in running workshops and performances for European visitors while we were at the Akomopa Centre.

Since August 2000 both Adolf Tetteh and Odai Odartei have worked with cultural groups teaching and performing to develop their level of skill and technique in pan African dances, music and song, working in Ghana, Togo, Benin, America and Europe and are now renown for their incredible performances and workshops.

Adolf Tetteh and Odai Odartei can perform and teach a very wide range of African dances and rhythms including those from Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa and Seara Leone to name but a few.

Ghanaian dances include

• Adowa - a graceful dance of the Ashantis from Ghana
• Gaso - a war dance from the Volta region of Ghana
• Bamaya - a ceremonial-social dance from the upper region of Ghana
• Kpanlogo - a recreational dance
• Atiagbekor - a war dance

Other workshops he can do include Global Play, African Cookery, African Culture...