Oginga Makonnen (Ras Happa)

Oginga Makonnen (Ras Happa) is a master drummer who specializes in traditional Caribbean and African drum rhythms and their relationship to popular dance rhythms found in Reggae. He has taught at the Edna Manley School for the Visual Arts and at the IRIE! Dance Theatre Company in London, among others. He has also used drumming as therapy with his work at the University of the West Indies Hospital (2000–2003). He has also been involved in TV and Film productions such as Deep Roots (1983) and One Love (2003). Ras Happa lives and works in London.