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robert kenyatta started out by playing on his mother's oatmeal boxes and then graduated to pots and pans. Even then he noticed that each pot had his own sound, its own voice. Mr Kenyatta bought his first real drum at age 12. He learned by listening to Latino and jazz stations on the radio and sitting in with different bands. Mr Kenyatta put down the drum and played the Penny Whistle, eventually receiving a grant from model cities to study the flute, harmony and theory at the philadelphia Music Academy. He also became a studio musician working with the likes of a Wilson Pickett, the intruders, the stylistics and the o'jays. Later tiro a Haitian drummer sparked Mr kenyatta's interest in Haitian drums. Mr kenyatta has been drumming and studying the percussion traditions of the african diaspora. For close to 57 years, he performed at the festival of american folk life and in the Montrose Pop festival in Switzerland traveled with Wilson Pickett to rio de janeiro London and Germany toward with the beach boys performed with sonny Rollins in japan and played on the black starship Out of Ghana West africa and numerous venues across the United States robert has been a drummer for led Peristyle Haitian sanctuary in philadelphia. There he is the kale papa or house papa who takes care of any problems that come up drumming is central to all ceremonies and Haitian traditions and mr kenyatta is responsible for the drums and all of the music that is part of ceremonial and spiritual practice at live paris style. The church located in the only section of philadelphia draws its congregation from philadelphia, Los Angeles New Orleans, Puerto, rico cuba and Haiti. Mr kenyatta has participated in p. F. P. S. Arts in education programs and in Philly dense africa. Mr robert kenyatta BP Associate honors you.