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Brother Niyi

Contains 38 performances.

Brother Niyi was a personable poet and compere often accompanying fellow artist El Crises on drums.

  • Benjamin Zephaniah, Faybiene Miranda, Lemn Sissay, Brother Niyi, JD Douglas

    Benjamin Zephaniah, Faybiene Miranda, Lemn Sissay, Brother Niyi, JD Douglas

    08 April 1988 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    JD Douglas JD Douglas only mentioned in Caribbean Times Review, 21 Apr
  • Midsummer Poetry Festival (1988)

    Midsummer Poetry Festival (1988)

    19 June 1988 at 
    Covent Garden Piazza (2)
    Annual partnership event with Alternative Arts.
  • Benjamin Zephaniah, Jean 'Binta' Breeze, Ministry of Love with Levi Tafari, Brother Niyi

    Benjamin Zephaniah, Jean 'Binta' Breeze, Ministry of Love with Levi Tafari, Brother Niyi

    10 September 1988 at 
    Albany (London - Lewisham) (82)
    Brother Niyi
  • Jalal Nuriddin, Iyamide Hazeley, Pitika Ntuli & Juwon Ogungbe, Brother Niyi

    Jalal Nuriddin, Iyamide Hazeley, Pitika Ntuli & Juwon Ogungbe, Brother Niyi

    04 November 1988 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Maggie Nicols, Pinise Saul & Lol Coxhill, Mervyn Africa & Pitika Ntuli, Mahmood Jamal, Keith Waithe & Keshav Sathe

    Maggie Nicols, Pinise Saul & Lol Coxhill, Mervyn Africa & Pitika Ntuli, Mahmood Jamal, Keith Waithe & Keshav Sathe

    27 January 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    Niyi hosting (not mentioned on flyer, but on the tape).
  • The Second International Poetry Festival

    The Second International Poetry Festival

    08 April 1989 at 
    Interchange (3)
  • Mervyn Africa Trio, Jackie Kay, Marc Matthews & Keith Waithe, Brother Niyi

    Mervyn Africa Trio, Jackie Kay, Marc Matthews & Keith Waithe, Brother Niyi

    28 April 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Quilombo Expontaneo, Martin Glynn, Leonora Rogers-Wright, Brother Niyi

    Quilombo Expontaneo, Martin Glynn, Leonora Rogers-Wright, Brother Niyi

    26 May 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Mervyn Africa & Pinise Saul, Merle Collins, Pitika Ntuli, Brother Niyi

    Mervyn Africa & Pinise Saul, Merle Collins, Pitika Ntuli, Brother Niyi

    30 September 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    The original bill included US poets Wanda Coleman and Michael C Ford instead of Merle and Pitika.
  • 7th Birthday gig

    7th Birthday gig

    6 October 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Mervyn Africa & Pitika Ntuli; Keith Waithe & The Macusi Players, Saqib, Brother Niyi

    Mervyn Africa & Pitika Ntuli; Keith Waithe & The Macusi Players, Saqib, Brother Niyi

    02 February 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • African Dawn, The Jazz Griots (featuring Tunde Jegede), Brother Niyi

    African Dawn, The Jazz Griots (featuring Tunde Jegede), Brother Niyi

    09 February 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    Brother Niyi
  • Bukky Leo Trio, Galliano, Brother Niyi & Sean Williams, Ahmed Sheikh

    Bukky Leo Trio, Galliano, Brother Niyi & Sean Williams, Ahmed Sheikh

    06 April 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Night of Poems for Liberation in the '90s

    Night of Poems for Liberation in the '90s

    13 April 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    Part of the Seven Nights for Nelson festival, marking the end of Nelson Mandela’s 26-year imprisonment.
  • Lol Coxhill, The Pointy Birds, Sang, Brother Niyi

    Lol Coxhill, The Pointy Birds, Sang, Brother Niyi

    11 May 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Midsummer Poetry Festival (1990)

    Midsummer Poetry Festival (1990)

    23 June 1990 at 
    St Martin's Market Theatre (2)
    Annual partnership event with Alternative Arts.
  • Galliano (with Bro Spry & Constantine), Martin Glynn, Sang (featuring Keith Jafrate), Brother Niyi

    Galliano (with Bro Spry & Constantine), Martin Glynn, Sang (featuring Keith Jafrate), Brother Niyi

    02 November 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Jean Toussaint Trio, Jalal Nuriddin, Ahmed Sheikh, Brother Niyi

    Jean Toussaint Trio, Jalal Nuriddin, Ahmed Sheikh, Brother Niyi

    08 February 1991 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    This was the era when there was a progressive burgeoning jazz scene in London. During this time many of the featured bands on an Apples and Snakes gig line-up were of the jazz genre. The Jean Toussaint Trio included Wayne Batchelor on (double bass) and the fantastic drummer Winston Clifford ...
  • Brother Resistance & Steel Pan Man, Levi Tafari, Brother Niyi & Torera Mpedzisi, Sister Netifa

    Brother Resistance & Steel Pan Man, Levi Tafari, Brother Niyi & Torera Mpedzisi, Sister Netifa

    12 April 1991 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Jean Toussaint Trio, Jalal Nuriddin, Ahmed Sheikh, Brother Niyi

    Jean Toussaint Trio, Jalal Nuriddin, Ahmed Sheikh, Brother Niyi

    03 May 1991 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    This was the cabaret format which included musicians. During this era there was a progressive burgeoning Jazz scene and many of the upcoming jazz musicians performed at Apples and Snakes events.  
  • John Otway & Attila the Stockbroker, Nick Toczek, Brother Niyi

    John Otway & Attila the Stockbroker, Nick Toczek, Brother Niyi

    25 October 1991 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jayne Cortez & The Firespitters, Lemn Sissay, Brother Niyi

    Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jayne Cortez & The Firespitters, Lemn Sissay, Brother Niyi

    28 February 1992 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • First London Youth Poetry Festival

    First London Youth Poetry Festival

    18 March 1992 at 
    Lilian Baylis Theatre (2)
    This was in association with Islington Education and Islington Arts & Entertainments.
  • Bukky Leo Quartet with The Special G Toasters, Neil Sparkes, Sang (featuring Keith Jafrate), Imruh Bakari, Brother Niyi

    Bukky Leo Quartet with The Special G Toasters, Neil Sparkes, Sang (featuring Keith Jafrate), Imruh Bakari, Brother Niyi

    27 March 1992 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
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