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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Rocky Dawuni
| image = Rocky Dawuni.jpg
| caption = Rocky, with his guitar
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = David Dawuni
| alias = Rocky Dawuni
| birth_date = <!--{{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|10|17}}-->
|birth_place = [[Ghana]]
| instrument = Guitar piano, percussion
| genre = [[Reggae]] [[Afro Beat]] and Soul
| occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter, guitarist, social activist
| years_active = 1997–present
| label =
| website = {{URL|rockydawuni.com/}}
}}
'''Rocky Dawuni''' is a [[Reggae]] artist, singer and songwriter
from
[[Ghana]], in West Africa. He first appeared on the music scene in 1996
with [[The Movement (reggae band)|The Movement]]; which was released on
Aquarian Records. A video of ''What Goes Around'' rose on the [[Reggae]]
Video Chart in January 1997. Rocky, wrote, arranged, and produced tracks
on the 1998 release album entitled 'Crusade' which was put out on
Aquarian and Who Dun It Records. The first single and video titled ''In
Ghana,'' became an international success on both radio and television.
Dawuni describes the song as a celebration of 40 years of and political
stability Independence enjoyed by Ghana.
== Early life ==
The first time Rocky Dawuni heard reggae music was in Michel Camp, which
is a military barracks in Ghana where he was born. There was a military
band called 'Hot Barrels' which used to do covers of popular songs
including reggae music. Rocky was interested in music, which is why he
attended the Hot Barrels' rehearsals. Rocky's attention was grabbed at a
rehearsal in which the Hot Barrels played a [[Bob Marley]] cover. He
later said: "I remember totally being drawn to the words and also the
message and the intentions of the music," he told CNN's [[Isha
Sesay]].<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/23/rocky.dawuni.ghana.reggae/i…
|title=CNN – Rocky Dawuni |accessdate=27 June 2012}}</ref> When Rocky
was accepted into the University of Ghana to study Philosophy and
Psychology he turned his attention to realizing his music career by
starting his first campus band called Local Crisis and thus launching
his music career.
Rocky Dawuni in 2012 was named an Ambassador of a UN Global Alliance
Foundation<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.cleancookstoves.org/the-alliance/alliance-ambassadors/ |
title=Alliance Ambassadors | publisher=clean stoves | accessdate=26
January 2013}}</ref> which include Academy Award-winning actor [[Julia
Roberts]] and Chef Jose Andres. This UN Foundation advocates for clean
cook stoves around the world.
==Career==
Rocky Dawuni has released five albums to date. His music is a fusion of
Reggae, [[Afrobeat]], [[Highlife]] and Soul.{{citation needed|date=July
2012}} His song ''In Ghana'' from the album ''Crusade'' on
[[iTunes]]<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/crusade/id115096790 | title=Crusade
on iTunes | accessdate=17 July 2012}}</ref> was featured on ''Reggae
Around the World''<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.putumayo.com/content/reggae_around_world_0 | title=Reggae
Around the World | accessdate=17 July 2012}}</ref> released by the
Putumayo Music label in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/23/rocky.dawuni.ghana.reggae/i…
|title=Awards | accessdate=27 June 2012}}</ref>
Rocky won the "Best African Artist 2011" at the International Reggae &
World Music Awards. [[CNN]] featured him on [[African Voices]]
describing him as "Ghana's Bob Marley" in August 2011 and named him one
of the Top 10 African Artists on the global stage.<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.thisisafrica.me/music/detail/1669/Rocky-Dawuni-wins-Best-African-Artist-award-in-Trinidad
| title=Best African Artist | accessdate=27 June 2012}}</ref>
Rocky has appeared in concerts with [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Peter
Gabriel]], [[Jason Mraz]], [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]], [[Sharon Jones
(singer)|Sharon Jones]], [[Janelle Monáe]], [[Keb' Mo']], [[Vusi
Mahlasela]] and [[K'naan]]. He has performed on stages around the world
including the [[Hollywood Bowl]] and his music has been featured on
popular US television shows like "ER", "Weeds" and "Dexter"
as well as
on [[Electronic Arts]] video game titles ''[[The Sims 2: Castaway]],''
''[[FIFA 08]],'' [[FIFA 10]],'' [[2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
(video game)|2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa]].''<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/dawuni_rocky/artist.jhtml |title=MTV
| accessdate=27 June 2012}}</ref>
Dawuni released albums ''Awakening'' in 2001 and ''Book of
Changes'' in
2005, which featured a progressive fusion of Reggae and Afrobeat.
{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} The track "Wake the Town" is a
typical example of such fusion.
In 2007, his cover of John Lennon's "[[Well Well Well (John Lennon
song)|Well Well Well]]" appeared on Warner Bros Release ''Instant Karma;
The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur''. Dawuni featured on
two songs; "War/No more Trouble" and "Biko" with [[Bono]] and [[Keb
Mo]]' on ''[[Playing for Change]]'' released by [[Concord Records]] in
2009, which reached No. 10 on Billboard 200 Album charts<ref>{{cite web
|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=various artists|chart=all}}|title= 200
Album – Billboard| accessdate=27 June 2012}}</ref>
[[Image:RockyDawuni.StevieWonder.jpeg|thumb|left|'Rocky Dawuni performs
with Stevie Wonder']]
Two tracks from ''Hymns For the Rebel Soul'':<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hymns-for-the-rebel-soul/id350260482
| title=Hymns for the Rebel Soul – iTunes |publisher=iTunes |
accessdate=24 July 2012}}</ref> "Download the Revolution" and
"African
Reggae Fever" were featured on FIFA SOCCER 2010 and FIFA World Cup South
Africa 2010 as part of an international soundtrack celebrating the
cultural vibrancy of the first FIFA World Cup(TM) to be held in Africa.
His fifth studio album ''Hymns For the Rebel Soul'' released in late
2010 was nominated for "Outstanding World Music Album" at the 42nd
[[NAACP Image Award]]
Dawuni was appointed Ghana's Tourism Ambassador in 2011 and "World Music
Ambassador for MUSIGA (Musician's Union of Ghana) in 2011. Dawuni serves
as an activist and spokesperson for causes related to clean water and
sanitation, [[Guinea worm eradication]], women issues, environmental
awareness, HIV/AIDS, girl child education and is also a goodwill
ambassador for the promotion of peace and tolerance. He has collaborated
with Product (RED), [[UNICEF]],<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ghana_39177.html | title=Rocky
Dawuni | publisher=Unicef | accessdate=23 July 2012}}</ref> the Carter
Center and the UN Global Fund to further some of these efforts.
In September 2012, Rocky Dawuni joined the [[Global Alliance for Clean
Cookstoves]] as a Clean Cooking Ambassador. After learning that exposure
to cooking smoke from open fires and traditional cookstoves kills over
four million people around the world every year, Dawuni decided to raise
awareness about the issue in Ghana and abroad.
He created the "Independence Splash Festival" in Ghana, an annual music
event that raises awareness for a series of social causes, including
provision of clean water and education for girls which forms part of
Rocky's efforts at using music as a tool for social change.
On March 31, 2015 Rocky Dawui released an album entitled '''Branches of
the Same Tree''' under the label Cumbancha. The self-produced album has
11 tracks including the single '''African Thriller''',
<ref>{{cite web |
url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_5myZ2PO0k&feature=youtu.be |
title=African Thriller}} Music video.</ref> remixed by Jeremy Sole from
KCRW. The album features fellow Ghanaian artist Samini and other guest
musicians like Tom Freund and Adam Topol (Jack Johnson).
==Discography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Album !! Year
|-
| The Movement || 1996
|-
| Crusade || 1998
|-
| Awakening || 2001
|-
| Book of Changes || 2005
|-
| Hymns for the Rebel Soul || 2010
|-
| Branches of The Same Tree || 2015
|}
== Music Featured on Television ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Track !! TV Program !! TV Station
|-
| Wake the Town || [[ER (TV series)|ER]] || [[NBC]]
|-
| Jammin Nation || [[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]] || [[Showtime (TV
network)|Showtime]]
|-
| Jah Be For Us || Weeds || Showtime
|-
| Shashemane || ER || NBC
|-
| Jah Be For Us || [[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]] || Showtime
|-
| Knockin on Heaven's Door || ER || NBC
|}
== Music Featured on Video Games ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Track !! [[Electronic Arts|EA Games]] !! Year
|-
| African Soccer Fever || [[2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (video
game)|2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa]] || 2010
|-
| Download The Revolution || [[FIFA 10]] || 2009
|-
| The One || [[The Sims 2: Castaway]] || 2008
|-
| Wake Up The Town || [[FIFA 08]] || 2007
|-
| African Thriller || [[2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (video game)|2014
FIFA World Cup Brazil]] || 2014
|}
== See also ==
*[http://www.rockydawuni.com/ Rocky Dawuni Official Website]
==References==
<references/>
{{Persondata
| NAME = Dawuni, Rocky
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Ghanaian Reggae artist, singer and songwriter
| DATE OF BIRTH =
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Ghana
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dawuni, Rocky}}
[[Category:Ghanaian musicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Dagomba people]]
<!--[[Category:Dagbon|Rocky, Dawuni]]-->
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Second, here is the link provided to state that the article is a copyvio:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120622012802/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-08-…
(quick assessement... if there is a copyvio... it is obviously not about
the entire article)
I add the recent history for consideration
Page history
(del/undel) (diff) 04:09, 6 March 2015 . . EdJohnston (talk | contribs
| block) (495 bytes) (Protected due to possible copyvio. Protection can
be lifted when the issue is resolved)
(del/undel) (diff) 04:07, 6 March 2015 . . EdJohnston (talk | contribs
| block) m (480 bytes) (Protected Rocky Dawuni: Edit warring / content
dispute: Possible copyright violation ([Edit=Allow only administrators]
(expires 02:07, 9 March 2015 (UTC)) [Move=Allow only administrators]
(expires 02:07, 9 March 2015 (UTC))))
(del/undel) (diff) 02:46, 6 March 2015 . . MyNameIsVlad (talk |
contribs | block) (480 bytes) (I am using my 3rd revert on this. There
is a valid copyvio report out, and the user has properly reported this
page. The history is full of copywritten work, so no reversion is
possible. Therefore, blanking is required.)
(del/undel) (diff) 02:20, 6 March 2015 . . Spearmind (talk | contribs
| block) (9,509 bytes) (Undid revision 650071971 by MyNameIsVlad (talk)
this is no reason to blank the article)
(del/undel) (diff) 02:13, 6 March 2015 . . MyNameIsVlad (talk |
contribs | block) (480 bytes) (There is an existing copyvio report for
this page, therefore the blanking is warranted. Please let an admin deal
with the issue. (Undid revision 650070252 by Matiia (talk)))
(del/undel) (diff) 01:58, 6 March 2015 . . Matiia (talk | contribs |
block) m (9,509 bytes) (Reverted edits by 67.131.235.220 (talk) to last
version by MyNameIsVlad)
(del/undel) (diff) 01:56, 6 March 2015 . . 67.131.235.220 (talk |
block) (480 bytes) (It seems like speedy deletion is not the way. Trying
this instead.)
(del/undel) (diff) 01:51, 6 March 2015 . . MyNameIsVlad (talk |
contribs | block) m (9,509 bytes) (Reverted edits by 67.131.235.220
(talk) (HG))
(del/undel) (diff) 01:49, 6 March 2015 . . 67.131.235.220 (talk |
block) (9,718 bytes) (Undid revision 650068861 by Spearmind (talk)
Already discussed on your user page. Please use the talk page to contest
the deletion and let an admin decide.)
(del/undel) (diff) 01:46, 6 March 2015 . . Spearmind (talk | contribs
| block) (9,509 bytes) (disagree with speedy deletion, prefer
discussion, one user tries to get rid of people with origin Ghana?)
(del/undel) (diff) 00:17, 6 March 2015 . . 67.131.235.220 (talk |
block) (9,718 bytes) (Copyvio)
(del/undel) (diff) 00:11, 4 March 2015 . . Oralofori (talk | contribs
| block) (9,509 bytes) (→Career) (Tags: Mobile app edit, Mobile edit)
(del/undel) (diff) 23:43, 3 March 2015 . . Oralofori (talk | contribs
| block) (9,506 bytes) (→Career) (Tags: Mobile app edit, Mobile edit)
(del/undel) (diff) 05:34, 3 March 2015 . . Oralofori (talk | contribs
| block) (9,506 bytes) (→Career) (Tags: Mobile app edit, Mobile edit)
(del/undel) (diff) 04:47, 2 March 2015 . . Oralofori (talk | contribs
| block) (9,545 bytes) (→Career)
(del/undel) (diff) 04:06, 2 March 2015 . . Oralofori (talk | contribs
| block) (9,545 bytes)
Interestingly, the copyvio was reported by an IP. And as a treatement,
it proposed speedy deletion of the entire article.
The page was restored by Spearmind.
The page was blanked again by the same IP.
The page was restored by MyNameIsVlad
The IP then proposed a different template and blanked the article
followed edit warring (which is never a good solution...)
Then deletion
Here is the report for Copyvio:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2015_March_5
Rupert... do you feel like investigating the case ?
Ant
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Le 06/03/15 19:09, rupert THURNER a écrit :
Yes please do send this list and try to improve them, and then tell
me how pleasant this work was.
Contrary, for the rocky dawuni article I d be interested as well where
the copyright infringement was. I do not like that without admin
permission it is not possible to look this up...
Rupert
On Mar 6, 2015 7:01 PM, "TheAfricanDream Oral.Ofori"
<oralofori(a)gmail.com <mailto:oralofori@gmail.com>> wrote:
Come on Rupert, u want me to send you a list of ridiculous
articles that have been sitting on Wikipedia for years despite how
badly they are written, the poor taste of photos used and the
sheer playfulness of their composition?
This is an attack, plain and simple to me. What was the issue with
the Rocky Dawuni article anyway, why was that deleted and were any
lies said about Thomas Mensah and Patrick Awuah in their
respective articles too?
Am so done for right now guys, this is just too distasteful and
very...
Respectfully yours,
Journalist/Publicist/Social Media Specialist/+12027069881
<tel:%2B12027069881>
www.about.me/OralOfori
<http://www.about.me/OralOfori>
On Mar 6, 2015 12:50 PM, "rupert THURNER"
<rupert.thurner(a)gmail.com <mailto:rupert.thurner@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Rex, if you try to do a couple of weeks admin work i e
checking additions to articles, improving them or only mark
them so the author improves them. it might give you a better
feeling how hard it can be to follow up on compliance with the
various rules. I bet that after a certain number of cases you
d get a little cold hearted as well. But I can understand your
feelings very well, I cannot even remember how many articles
I created which got deleted because of not being long enough
or failing some hidden relevance criteria.
Best,
Rupert
On Mar 6, 2015 11:34 AM, "Nkansah Rexford"
<nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com <mailto:nkansahrexford@gmail.com>>
wrote:
Yeah @massly the admins are deleting all my articles.
@all
Even if the article has copyright violations in them, an
admin's joy of deleting articles instead of improving them
is basically problematic for me.
I'm sure after deleting potential articles, they go to bed
feeling, 'Oh yeah, I cleaned Wikipedia today. All articles
that have slight copyright violations, I cleared them all.
What a good admin I am.'
Then the following morning, the admin wakes up and finds
stats about contributions from Africa and it goes like:
"Oh dang! Africans dont contribute to Wikipedia at all. I
wonder what they do with their time. Even this man,
Patrick Awuah who's well known and the founder of Ashesi
University, and Rocky dawuni who's a rock star even is not
on Wikipedia. No way, Africans! You're not pulling your
weight."
Then I look at the admin from above and say, 'sheesh, this
is unfair!"
If admin's first priority is deleting potentially good
articles, then I wonder where the "assume good faith"
begins and ends.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith#Good_faith_and_co…
I know there's another policy on Wikipedia hiding
somewhere that conflicts equally the link above.
Happy Independence day to all Ghanaians, and admins
deleting my articles relating to Ghana from wherever they are.
On Fri, Mar 6, 2015, 08:53 masssly <masssly(a)ymail.com
<mailto:masssly@ymail.com>> wrote:
@Rexford
And I just noticed Rocky Dawuni has also now been
deleted. What's happening...
-Masssly
Sent from Samsung Mobile
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From: Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com
<mailto:nkansahrexford@gmail.com>>
Date:04/03/2015 20:12 (GMT+00:00)
To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians
<african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org
<mailto:african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org>>
Cc: Wikimedia-gh <Wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org
<mailto:Wikimedia-gh@lists.wikimedia.org>>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] [African Wikimedians] Some
IP deleting uploads and articles
And those elephants, instead of spending time chasing
the not so good articles and high level crappy images
on Wikipedia, they rather go on easy prey and articles
relating to celebs not well known, of course because
persons like myself are toothless and won't have
anything to do.
Something I always envisioned happening as long as the
whole of Africa has no Wikipedia admin to turn around
decisions like these.
You know, its hard to think Africanish, if you weren't
born as one.
Those elephants are interested in the unnecessaries
and instead take fun in deleting articles with so much
potential
On Wed, Mar 4, 2015, 20:08 bobby shabangu
<bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com
<mailto:bobbyshabangu@gmail.com>> wrote:
Exactly... I believe this was one of the elephants
we were trying to tackle at Wiki indaba right?
On Mar 4, 2015 9:57 PM, "Nkansah Rexford"
<nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com
<mailto:nkansahrexford@gmail.com>> wrote:
How Wikipedia rolls? How does it? Deleting
legitimate articles and images because someone
at the other end dont know the true origin and
considers every celeb image on Wikipedia to be
copyright?
On Wed, Mar 4, 2015, 19:55 bobby shabangu
<bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com
<mailto:bobbyshabangu@gmail.com>> wrote:
Is that one of your policies too !!!
I used to be in flames and be super
furious but after I realized how we roll I
just chilled. So unfortunately this is how
we roll don't worry just chill and keep on
editing, the machines will decide if your
edits are worthy to be part of sum of all
human knowledge.
On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 9:23 PM, Nkansah
Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com
<mailto:nkansahrexford@gmail.com>> wrote:
There are many policies on Wikipedia,
and I also joined with my own policies.
One is, if a legitimate content I
upload to Wikipedia is deleted by
someone or something at the other end
of the world, I dont and won't contest
for its undeletion. Never!
I received these images listed here
that has been marked for deletion (
see close to bottom of page)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Nkansahrexford#File:Peace_Hyde…
explicitly from either the celeb
herself or from her manager.
They are nominated for deletion.
An article about Ashesi University's
found that has seen about 200,000
views since it was started has been
nominated for deletion on grounds that
make no sense.
"Patrick Awuah, Jr." on @Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Awuah%2C_Jr.
Just saying.
Contributions from well meaning
individuals go to fix the imbalance
whatever of africa we all preach
about, and IP addresses delete them
without any substantive reasons. And
no one cares. Feels to me machines do
those deletions instead of humans.
Are machines taking over editing on
Wikipedia? Or because of these weird
activities, humans are no longer
contributing their time, and rather
bots and machines are taking over?
I'm in flames here!
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