ABLI (Henry Nii Otu Laryea) is WALA's newest member - a drummer and percussionist who was invited to join the group in 2005. He has been playing music for 17 years, joining local Teshie group Gye Nyame when he was still in primary school as an apprentice to the master drummer!

He honed his talent with Adwinpa from Nungua, before joining the Wassa African Ensemble and touring with them to Cote de Voire in West Africa, France, and Italy where they featured at festivals in Catania and Canicatti.

Abli has also been a member of many other groups during his long career as a musician: Kente from Teshie, Opense from Korle-Gonno in Accra, and Adinkra from his home town of Nungua; continuing to learn from others while developing his broad experience across a range of percussive instruments. Abli has toured with Adinkra to the West African countries of Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso. He stunned Australian audiences for his first time with Wala in 2006, and again in 2007 and is now a permanent and valued member of the group.