[1] He is founder and artistic and musical director of Da Lion and Djimbe West African Drummers and Dancers, an actor, and a member of Grammy-winning band Innocent Criminals.

He began playing African drums at the age of seven, and studied for 10 years under Nigerian master drummer Babatunde Olatunji at the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts.

[2] After leaving ZOOM he worked with The Art of Black Dance and Music, and toured with a reggae band.

In 1987 and 1992, he taught and performed West African drumming and dancing in Japan, where he participated in a cultural exchange program on Sado Island, the home of percussion group Kodo.

He was invited to South Africa in 1991 to perform with returning exiles Letta Mbulu, Caiphus Semenya, and Hugh Masekela.