Patrice
The son of Gaston Bart-Williams - a writer, poet and film director from Sierra
Leone whose work centred on the relationship between Africa and Europe - Patrice
grew up in West Germany surrounded by art, music and politics. His parents'
Afro-beat, reggae and '60s rock records were the joyful soundtrack to his early
childhood but, after his father died in a boating accident, eleven-year-old
Patrice started writing his own songs. He helped found the world music group
Bantu in 1996 and featured on their first album 'Fufu', before being spotted by
producer Matthias Arfmann and recorde...
