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Item Description
A 1994 tape by Ghanaian musician Ata Kak called Obaa Sima is being reissued by Awesome Tapes From Africa.

The release is the culmination of a 13-year story for Awesome Tapes From Africa founder Brian Shimkovitz, who bought a cassette copy of Obaa Sima from a roadside stall in Cape Coast, Ghana, in 2002. The tape was the subject of the first post on his Awesome Tapes From Africa blog in 2006β€”the blog spawned a full record label in 2011.

Shimkovitz began searching for Ata Kat and says "Google and endless phone calls provided no leads." It was eventually discovered the musician, real name Yaw Atta-Owusu, had recorded Obaa Sima in Toronto before moving back to Ghana in 2006.

The restoration of the tape proved challenging. Only about 50 copies of the original tape were produced, and Atta-Owusu's master DAT had disintegrated, so the second-hand copy purchased by Shimkovitz was used as the source for the reissue.
Item Details
Item No: 401229
Artist: Ata Kak
Title: Obaa Sima
Label: Awesome Tapes From Africa
Catalog No: ATFA014
Format: Vinyl LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: US – Original
Release Date: 2015
Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance
Style: Afrobeat, Downbeat | Electronica | Leftfield
Available since: 2015-03-04
Condition: New
Price: $ 22.87
Weight: 250g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Obaa Sima
A2 Moma Yendodo
A3 Adagya
A4 Medofo
B1 Daa Nyinaa
B2 Yemmpa Aba
B3 Bome Nnwom
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