Amma Mcken on Clubhouse

Bio

Mother/Akpon (Lead Singer)/Artist/Entrepreneur/Preserver of African Tradition/
Abeokuta Enterprises,Clothing and fabric designer

2009 National Endowment for Arts National Heritage Fellow for preservation of traditional Yoruba music and culture. Holder of several roles and titles in Yoruba, including the title of Akpon, a lead singer and officiator for the drumming and dancing celebrations. Akpon is a title held by very few people and is critical to keeping the Yoruba tradition in place.

First African American female Akpon to produce a musical recording of the traditional songs, titled Alaako Oso: Owner of the Songs is Eloquent. Director and co-founder of Omiyesa, a cultural music group located in New York, offering a wide range of apprenticeships, workshops, and lecture-demonstrations in Afro-Cuban and Orisa songs, dance, and music.

https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/amma-d-mcken