King Bruce
King Bruce (3 ga Yuni 1922 - 12 ga Satumba 1997) ya kasance mawaƙin ƙasar Ghana, jagoran ƙungiyar mawaƙa.

Bayan Fage 
Mawaki, mai shiryawa, jagoran makada da mawaƙa da dama sun yi alamar sa a al'adar raye-raye ta ƙasar Ghana ta hanyoyi daban-daban. An haife shi a garin James Town, Accra, Gold Coast (Ghana ta yanzu).

Rayuwar farko 
A makarantar sakandare, King ya ci karo da koyan ƙa'idodin kiɗan Yammacin Turai da kuma waƙoƙi daga wasu kabilun Ghana, musamman Twi da Ewe. Amma iyayensa ba su yi tunanin yin aiki a cikin kiɗan ba kuma sun tura shi shekaru biyu zuwa London don yin karatu tare da ido ga aiki a cikin aikin farar hula. A can, duk da haka, Sarki ya koyi yadda ake busa ƙaho. Lokacin da ya koma Accra a shekarar 1951, ya fada cikin babban filin wasan kwaikwayo na birni kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya sami kansa yana wasa a cikin Mawaƙa Lamptey's Accra Orchestra.

The Black Beats 
A shekara mai zuwa, King ya kafa ƙungiyar wanda sunan ta, idan ba membobinta ba, zai kasance tare da shi duk tsawon rayuwarsa: Black Beats. Sunan ya nuna amincin zuciya ga rukunonin Afirka da ji a lokacin mulkinsa na mulkin mallaka. Koyaya, sautin murɗawa da ke fitowa daga Amurka tabbas ya cancanta a matsayin ɗan Afirka, kuma juyawa ya kasance muhimmin abu a cikin sautin Black Beats, wanda ya ƙunshi sautin murya mai ƙarfi. A cikin 1961, membobin Black Beats tara sun ɓace don ƙirƙirar Ramblers, kuma dole ne Sarki Bruce ya sami sabbin membobi. Sabon memba duk mawaƙan matasa ne - wanda ya fi fice shine matashin mai busa ƙaho Anthony Foley daga Mr Hammond's Brass Band. Ya zama babban mai busa ƙaho amma daga baya ya tafi Ingila. Sauran membobin kungiyar sune Bengo Blay sax, Stanley Lokko sax, Jimi sax, Jerry Bampoe guitar. George Ofori da Quarcoo sun kasance mawaƙa. Shekaru shida bayan haka, an tilasta masa ya zaɓi tsakanin ƙungiyar ƙwararrun sa da kuma aikin sa na farar hula. Littafin aljihunsa ya bayyana hukuncin, kuma ya ba da jagorancin ƙungiyar ga wani memba.

Ƙungiyar mawakan Ghana 
A cikin shekarun 1970s, King ya shiga cikin shirya ƙungiyoyin mawaƙa. Zai kasance tare da mutane uku yayin rayuwarsa, musamman ƙungiyar Mawaƙa ta Ghana (MUSIGA), wanda aka kafa a 1974, kuma har yanzu yana tafiya. A shekarar 1977, ya yi ritaya daga aikin farar hula ya koma waka. Amma shekarunsa na baya sun fi dacewa da aikin da ya yi wajen koyar da sauran mawaƙa. Gidan Sarki a garin James Town, Accra, ya zama tushen gida har zuwa makada bakwai, dukkansu sun amfana da ƙwarewarsa, jagoranci da koyarwarsa. Lokacin da ya mutu a shekarar 1997, ya bar masu goyon baya da yawa, kuma za a ji aikinsa a Ghana shekaru masu zuwa. John Collins da Banning Eyre sun rubuta labari da tarihin rayuwarsa.

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