Kenneth Kafui

Kenneth Kwaku Avotri Kafui (25 ga Yuli, 1951 - Maris 18, 2020) mawaki ne ɗan ƙasar Ghana. Ya kasance malami a fannin ka'idar kiɗa da tsarawa a sashen kiɗa na Jami'ar Ghana, Legon. Ya kuma kasance Daraktan rukunin wasan kwaikwayo na Abibigromma na Jami'ar Ghana. An haife shi a cikin dangin makaɗa, an ɗauke shi ɗaya daga cikin manyan mawaƙa na zamaninsa a Ghana, a cikin kiɗan fasahar Afirka. Ya tsara ayyukan wake-wake, ya yi wa mawaka da makadta, ayyukan kaɗe-kaɗe, wasan piano da na gabobin jiki, ya kuma yi aikin kiɗan gargajiya na Afirka. Ya ƙirƙiri sababbin ra'ayoyi da nau'o'i a cikin kiɗan fasaha na Afirka kamar Pentanata, nau'in HD-3 da Drumnata.

Kenneth Kafui
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	25 ga Yuli, 1951
ƙasa	Ghana
Mutuwa	Accra, 18 ga Maris, 2020
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Ghana
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	mai rubuta kiɗa
Employers	University of Ghana

Sana'a

Bayan kammala karatu, Kafui ya shiga tsangayar jami’ar a matsayin mataimakin mai koyarwa a sashen waka. A shekara mai zuwa, ya zama babban mataimaki na bincike. A lokacin da yake aiki a jami'a, ya sami ƙarin ƙwarewa, ciki har da Diploma a Afirka ta Kudu (1982) da digiri na biyu a fannin kiɗa (2003).

Mafi yawan abubuwan da Kafui ya yi sune ayyukan kaɗe-kaɗe ko na wake-wake, ko guntu na piano na solo. Ya kuma yi wa kungiyar kaɗe-kaɗe ta gidan rediyon Ghana a karshen shekarun 1970.

Kafui ya yi aiki a matsayin mawakin mawaka na cocin Madina Evangelical Presbyterian Church, da kuma Cocin Hohoe Evangelical Presbyterian Church, inda shi ma ya kasance shugaban kungiyar. Ya kuma taka leda a Kwalejin Trinity.

Kenneth KA Kafui ya kasance mai koyar da waka kuma shugaban kungiyar mawakan Aggrey Memorial Chapel Choir a makarantar Achimota kafin ya ci gaba zuwa makarantar  Jami'ar Ghana.

Ayyukan da aka zaɓa

Choral

• Nutifafa (Peace), Op. 1 lamba 1 (1972)
• Yehowa fe Lↄlↄ Lolo (Ƙaunar Allah Mai Girma), Op. 1 No. 2 (1973)
• Dzifo Gbowo Navu, Op. 2 No. 1 (1974)
• Nunya Adidoe (Hikima kamar Bishiyar Baobab ce), Op. 1 No.5 (1979)
• Kokoeto (Mai Tsarki), Op. 1 lamba 6 (1980)
• Domin Ko Mayi, Op. 2 No. 5 (1982)
• Miwↄ Dↄ Kple Lolo, Op. 1 lamba 11 (1983)
• Ne Nyo Ko Noviwo, Op. 1 lamba 12 (1984)
• Haskaka Kusurwar inda kuke, Op. 1 lamba 14 (1988)
• Zidsom
• Mida akpe na Mawu
• Migli
• ↄdede

Orchestral

• Symphony No. 1 a cikin D, Op. 3 No. 1 (1975)
• Rhapsody, Op. 3 No. 2 (1976)
• Kale, Op. 3 No. 3 (1977)
• Clarinet Concerto a cikin B♭, Op. 3 No. 4 (1980)
• Pentaphony, Op. 3 No. 5 (1986)

Solo vocal

• Nunya (Hikima), na Tenor da pianoforte (1976)
• Dzogbenyuie (Goodwill), na Tenor da pianoforte (1977)
• Eny yie Enuanom, na Tenor and Orchestra (1986)

Solo piano

• 6 Abubuwan Piano na Afirka masu Sauƙi (1976–7)
• Pentanata no. 1, op. 10 No. 1 (1980)
• Ziyara (1985)
• Ziyarar Baƙar fata (1986)
• 4 Waƙoƙin Maɓalli (1986)
• Pentanata no. 2, ku. 10 No. 2 (1986)
• Ƙaunar Allahntaka da Aminci (1987)
• Sonata in D (1987)