What is Gnonnas Pedro?
'''Gnonnan Sossou Pierre Kouassivi''', known by the stage name '''Gnonnas Pedro''' was a singer and musician from Lokossa,<ref>Accessible at [http://naijanet.com/news/source/2003/oct/20/71.html Gnonnas Pedro and His Dadjes Band: Singing Across the Continent], accessed on July 8, 2012</ref><ref>Accessible at [http://www.ufctogo.com/Gnonnas-Pedro-Le-Dadje-de-l-afro-500.html Gnonnas Pedro, Le « Dadjè » de l’afro-cubain s’est éteint] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611114733/http://www.ufctogo.com/Gnonnas-Pedro-Le-Dadje-de-l-afro-500.html |date=2013-06-11 }}, accessed on July 8, 2012</ref> [[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== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedro, Gnonnas}} [[Category:1940s births]] [[Category:2004 deaths]] [[Category:Singers]] [[Category:Beninese musicians]]