Gnonnas Pedro

Gnonnan Sossou Pierre Kouassivi, known by the stage name Gnonnas Pedro was a singer and musician from Lokossa,^[1]^[2] Benin. He is best known as the lead singer of Africando between 1995 and his death in 2004.

Gnonnas Pedro died August 12, 2004, age 61 of prostate cancer in a hospital of Cotonou, Benin.

Discography

Solo

Dadjes: The Band Of Africa (1975)
Gnonnas Pedro (Disco Stock, 1979)
El Cochechivo (Ledoux, 1981)
Agbadja (Syllart, 1999)
Irma koi (Syllart, 1999)
The best of Gnonnas Pedro (2003)

With Africando

Gombo Salsa (Stern's Africa STCD1071, 1996)
Baloba (Stern's Africa STCD1082, 1998)
Mandali (Stern's Africa STCD1092, 2000) Credited to Africando All Stars. Released in France as Betece
Live! (Sono CDS8907, double CD, 2001) Out of print
Martina (Stern's Africa STCD1096, 2003)
Ketukuba (Stern's Africa STCD1103, 2006) Released after his death.

References

↑ Accessible at Gnonnas Pedro and His Dadjes Band: Singing Across the Continent, accessed on July 8, 2012
↑ Accessible at Gnonnas Pedro, Le « Dadjè » de l’afro-cubain s’est éteint, accessed on July 8, 2012

[1] Accessible at Gnonnas Pedro and His Dadjes Band: Singing Across the Continent, accessed on July 8, 2012

[2] Accessible at Gnonnas Pedro, Le « Dadjè » de l’afro-cubain s’est éteint, accessed on July 8, 2012

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Persondata
Name	Pedro, Gnonnas
Alternative names	Kouassivi, Gnonnan Sossou Pierre
Short description	Beninese singer
Date of birth	1942 - 1943
Place of birth
Date of death	2004
Place of death