Kaleta Artist Bio

Guitarist Kaleta (real name, Leon Ligan-Majek) hails from Porto Novo in the republic of Benin, but lived all his adolescent life in Lagos, Nigeria, a stones throw from Benin. Kaleta has played, toured and recorded with Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Lauryn Hill, Majek Fashek to mention but a few. Kaleta is currently the frontman to New York based Afro-Funk group Super Yamba Band Band as well as Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble and his own band Kaleta & Zozo Afrobeat. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.