Kiki Djan

Kiki Djan

Kiki Djan (1957 - 10 June 2004) was a Ghanaian musician who was the keyboardist with the band Osibisa, once popular in the 1970s. Djan's career peaked when he went solo and recorded "24 Hours in a Disco" which hit the charts in the United States and the U.K. Once a millionaire, who hung with the likes of Elton John and Mick Jagger, Djan died alone and impoverished in a church bathroom in Ghana, a victim of his drug addiction and AIDS [BBC News] .

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[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/africa/3795075.stm BBC News; Obituary 10 June 2004]


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